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You can either go to the gym because you want to lose weight, or you can go to the gym because you like how it makes you feel when you're running.
Craig Finn
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Craig Finn
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 22
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I think, Trump ran a very nostalgic campaign. There's an idea of like, to put it bluntly: What if it was like before all our kids got strung out on drugs? You know, what if it was like that? Make America like that.
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People make maps of all the places I've mentioned. I knew that those people were out there. I wanted to create something for them.
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An album doesn't mean as much to a lot of people now, compared to just songs.
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I definitely hope to continue to release records at an accelerated pace.
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I made a decision at some point to live a nontraditional life. I've become like, the opposite of a consumer. I just want freedom. I don't want stuff. I don't want clutter. I just want to be able to move freely. I want to be good to the people I love. But I don't want stuff. I just want, you know, love and big ideas.
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You can't get every girl you get the ones you love the best.
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There's this moment sometimes, when you do a crossword puzzle and you have the one really long word. And once you get that, the whole thing kind of comes into focus. Sometimes it's just working things over in your mind and then finding that one line that kind of ties the song together, and now it works. It's a puzzle of sorts.
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I don't have a problem rhyming bar with car - I do it all the time - but sometimes it doesn't feel right.
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I think you want to write a song that's like the songs you are into.
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I'm not only a songwriter but I'm a massive music fan and I love going to shows. It's different than reading a book.
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Ironically, when I was playing in my first band, I would deliberately not write down any lyrics. I have a really good memory and I would just keep them in my head.
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I'm able to draw outside my own personal experiences. No one wants to hear the song about what I really did today, which is go get coffee and clean my apartment.
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