106 Quotes by Craig Finn

I don’t really pursue writing songs for other people. I guess one of the things I always think about is a good line in a song should be something I can hear myself saying.

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.

I think having a coach or an editor or whatever the novelist’s producer is could help. If you finish a chapter and you turn it in to him, and he or she said, “That was pretty good, it might go better.” Maybe that’s what I’ll try to find.

If I’m stuck, I’ll sit down and read. That’s a big thing.

Springsteen on that record started writing less about having your wind in your hair and turning the radio up and more about being dragged down by adult things. Regular people trying to get ahead. A little less mythical and romantic, and more real. It’s a really spectacular record for that reason.

An album doesn’t mean as much to a lot of people now, compared to just songs.

I think you want to write a song that’s like the songs you are into.