125 Quotes by Mark Foster

With 'Torches,' I wanted to make a great pop record; I wanted every song to be exciting, not to have too much space, no long pieces of music without vocals. I kind of wanted to write the perfect pop album.

Art brings to life things that can seemingly be dead, and can put a fresh perspective on things that are living. It's so important we keep creating.

I was rambunctious - a boy's boy, full of energy. I wasn't a bad kid. I just liked to talk.

'Torches' opened a lot of doors. Ultimately, it turned into an experience to be reckoned with.

That's how life is: there are peaks and valleys in life, and that's how I like to write songs.

I write songs based on things I see in the culture around me.

We've grown up on the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Blur and Bowie and the Clash. Also E.L.O. and Hall and Oates. Those are all artists who write songs that are accessible but still left of center. It's intelligent pop. There's still something different and complex about it.

I didn't record 'Pumped Up Kicks' out of a sense of moral obligation.

I'm really into the recycling of art. That one piece of art inspires another piece of art, which inspires another piece of art. I really like that idea.