Foster the People Quotes
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I was rambunctious - a boy's boy, full of energy. I wasn't a bad kid. I just liked to talk.
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'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That was the first time when I truly was gripped by the power of music. It opened my eyes to the heights that music can achieve.
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We're not trying to be a mega-pop-band, but we also wouldn't be opposed to selling millions of records, either.
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It's funny: the one time I got star-struck was when I met Snoop Dogg. I gave him a hug and said, 'I love you, man.'
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I like to write about real-life topics, and I like to write about different walks of life.
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Foster the People wouldn't exist without Mophonics.
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I've played so many gigs in front of around seven people. It's difficult to keep motivated, but it's all about growth. The love of music kept me going.
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I write in character a lot.
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A timeless pop song is the hardest thing to do as a songwriter.
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I look at bands like the Beach Boys, Hall & Oates and Blur, and those are the bands I want to be in company with because their songwriting is intelligent, and yet you don't need to be a musical genius to pick it up.
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I experienced bullying a lot. I was an only child, and I was kind of a small kid with a big mouth, and so I always got myself in trouble.
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I write songs based on things I see in the culture around me.
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We need to do a better job of loving each other beyond race, beyond belief, beyond our difference.
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There's a lot of bands that blow up quickly, but then they die quickly. Longevity is the healthy thing; that's the pursuit.
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Fear just crushes creativity, and if I let fear into the studio and into the songwriting, I was going to let it kill the artist inside of me.
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I wrote 'Don't Stop' just like I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' - I didn't try to make either a hit. I just wanted to write a song I liked.
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I'm not in this to make money. I would not have sold my soul to be on 'American Idol.'
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I feel like my calling is to show people joy: to make them feel like there's something to look forward to.
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That's how life is: there are peaks and valleys in life, and that's how I like to write songs.
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I didn't want to be a soul singer.
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Writing for other people is easier than writing for myself - it's not as personal.
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L.A. gives me a lot. L.A. is a city of extremes. People come here from all over the world that have these, like, giant ideas, and they put everything into it. And some people just fall flat on their face, and some people, you know, shoot like a rocket.
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'Torches' opened a lot of doors. Ultimately, it turned into an experience to be reckoned with.
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I remember, in middle school, I went to four different schools. That was a rough patch. But it's also what shaped me as a person.