Craig Finn
Craig Finn
Craig Finnis an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the American indie rock band The Hold Steady, with whom he has recorded six studio albums. Prior to forming The Hold Steady, Finn was the frontman of Lifter Puller. Described by Pitchfork as "a born storyteller who's chosen rock as his medium". During a five-month break from The Hold Steady, Finn recorded a solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes, which was released in January...
sunday holy-days people
The Catholic influence just comes from being raised Catholic, going to church every Sunday, being confirmed, going to church on holy days. So it's coming from where I am. It serves the purpose of having people who have a base or foundation where they know what's right.
wife pockets my-wife
My wife is very happy about me keeping all my music in my pocket.
song mean people
An album doesn't mean as much to a lot of people now, compared to just songs.
real band london
There's somewhat of a real fascination with American bands and American mythology in London.
thinking guy would-be
At forty-one, now I think it would be really cool to have an A&R guy say, "You know what? I don't think you've got this album sequenced right."
girl every-girl
You can't get every girl; you get the ones you love the best.
age trying records
I was really obsessed with age. I kept saying it was a record about trying to age gracefully.
running weight want
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.
records pace release
I definitely hope to continue to release records at an accelerated pace.
needs break enjoy
If we enjoy what we're doing, we shouldn't really need a break.
way pressure records
The more you release records, in some ways it takes pressure off you.
song years waiting
If you wait four or five years between records, it better be a masterpiece, you know? And if you keep putting them out, you're saying, "Hey, here's 10 more songs.
writing thinking littles
Sometimes things reveal themselves to you a little bit. I think it was Joan Didion that said, "We write to find out what we're thinking." And sometimes that happens.
song crazy people
One of the things is my process requires a lot of repetition. I can probably drive people crazy because I'm interested in playing a song twenty times in a row.