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You just never know how anything is going to go.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Know How
Knows
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You just never know. Crazy things happen in elections.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Crazy
Election
Happens
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I'm still waiting for rock bands to come back, something raw and relevant.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Relevant
Rock Bands
Raw
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I like to write from scratch most of the time, but I like to have a backup plan just in case.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Backup
Scratch
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Being in front of the cameras is not my favorite thing to do. But it's a good problem to have.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Cameras
Favorite Thing
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You can't be in a bubble being a producer. You have to keep up on what's happening at all times.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Bubble
Producer
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I constantly have little panic attacks of wanting to change something on a production level, but I let go.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Panic
Attacks
Let Go
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I love Los Angeles, and I've secretly always wanted to do a song about Los Angeles, but it's a hard thing to pull off.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Los Angeles
Angeles
Hard Thing
Los
Pull
Secretly
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I like to live life and not work every second of the day, and spend time with my family and stuff like that. Balance is very important for me.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Every Second
Live Life
Life Time Family
Life Family Work
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Something about a performance - it's in the air, it's in the moment. It never really bothers me when something goes wrong; I think it's kind of funny.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Funny Moment Me
Bothers
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I try not to force my sound on everybody. I try to yield unto each artist and... I try to just support that sound rather than force a sound that might not fit.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Yield
Unto
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I left my band on my own, and it took me a long time to find major success again - almost a decade. And everything that didn't happen during that time just motivated me to do better.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Motivated
Success Time Me
Decade
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It's really cool to hear your stuff in things like TV shows. It's a pretty cool feeling to hear what you did in the studio and then to hear it in places like that. It's definitely surreal.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Surreal
Tv Shows
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People are being more experimental. I hear chords being played that really haven't been on the radio. I love that. I go to my kids' school and see kids playing in bands. It is a sign of what's to come.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Kids
People
School
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I really love headlining. Opening up is fun - getting to play for all these people who might not know you - but it's so much easier sometimes playing for people who know all your songs: you get that instant feedback.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Feedback
Instant
Opening
Love Fun People
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I think my signature dance move might be some sort of '80s new wave pogo, which I only break out on very special occasions. It will only last for about three seconds. Then I go back to a very subtle, less-is-more approach.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Seconds
Subtle
Wave
Signature
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There's a lot of songs and songwriters out there - you have to make something stand out to pitch songs. Sometimes you have to be bold and just try something different. And just stick with it - don't give up if nothing happens.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Songwriters
Bold
Pitch
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As a songwriter and as a vocalist, Adele is amazing. You have that. But then there's something about her that's just very honest. I feel like so many people across the board can relate to her and who she is. She's just so appealing and very real.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Relate
Vocalist
Adele
Amazing People Feel
Appealing
Board
So Many People
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Sia is like no one else I've ever worked with. She comes completely from this non-logical but very emotional place. I could be wrong, but she doesn't really seem to analyse what she's writing. She doesn't really revise it, but goes with that first thing that comes out.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Analyse
First Thing
Revise
Seem
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When I was a young teenager, it was all about The Clash for me and that sort of English punk stuff. Then the Clash led me to all these other kinds of music: classic rock, Stevie Wonder, world music, and Brazilian music. I got serious about jazz when I was probably about 14 or 15.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Brazilian Music
Clash
Classic Rock
World Music
Music World Me
Brazilian
Stevie
Stevie Wonder
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I'm listening to Spotify all the time and pulling in different things. I might find an artist or a song that I like, and I'll pull that into playlists, and then you'll find related artists. But I like an album as a nostalgic thing; I remember buying albums and getting into the whole thing.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Buying
Different Things
Nostalgic
Related
Spotify
Time Remember Song
Pull
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I was in school with Dweezil Zappa, Frank Zappa's son, and we had a band. Only in L.A. could stuff like that happen. We would hang out in Frank Zappa's studio, and we released a single in 1982 on his label. I was 12, and that was the first recording experience I had. To top it off, Eddie Van Halen produced it.
Greg Kurstin / Songwriter
Band
Frank
Son
Van Halen
Zappa
Eddie
Halen
Hang
Label
Produced
Studio
Recording
Released
Van
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