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I started taking piano lessons when I was about 5, and there was always a lot of music in my family: my parents both play instruments, my grandparents were classical violinists, and my grandfather was actually a music professor and a conductor.
~ Adam Schlesinger
About
Actually
Always
Both
Classical
Conductor
Family
Grandfather
Grandparents
Instruments
Lessons
Lot
Music
Parents
Piano
Piano Lessons
Play
Professor
Started
Taking
Were
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I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.
~ Adam Schlesinger
About
Kind
Little
Lot
Pretty
Some
Something
Songs
Specific
Story
Tell
Tend
Them
Write
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I think I initially started inventing characters in my songs because I didn't want to write directly about myself. Also, as a kid, I loved all the character names in Beatles songs, like Eleanor Rigby and Lovely Rita and Mean Mr. Mustard and Maxwell and Rocky Raccoon.
~ Adam Schlesinger
About
Also
Beatles
Beatles Songs
Because
Character
Characters
Directly
I Think
Initially
Inventing
Kid
Like
Loved
Lovely
Mean
Mr
Mustard
Myself
Names
Rita
Rocky
Songs
Started
Think
Want
Write
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I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.
~ Adam Schlesinger
About
Another
Cases
Coming
I Think
Just
Little
Making
Making Up
Most
One-Way
Point
Really
Scenario
Seeing
Song
Story
Think
Thinking
Through
Up
Way
Writing
You
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I think one of the pitfalls of doing your own music is that sometimes you can never be satisfied with it: you're afraid to say that it's done, and you keep reworking it or re-recording it or re-writing it.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Afraid
Doing
Done
I Think
Keep
Music
Never
Own
Pitfalls
Satisfied
Say
Sometimes
Think
You
Your
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I think people sometimes confuse 'catchy' with something that should automatically be a hit in today's world. I mean, obviously we write a lot of stuff that's catchy, that sticks in your head. But that doesn't necessarily mean that middle-school kids are going to want to listen to a song about a lawyer or a Subaru or whatever.
~ Adam Schlesinger
About
Automatically
Catchy
Confuse
Going
Head
Hit
I Think
Kids
Lawyer
Listen
Lot
Mean
Necessarily
Obviously
People
Should
Something
Sometimes
Song
Sticks
Stuff
Think
Today
Want
Whatever
World
Write
Your
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I think when we were starting out, it was more about imitating our songwriting heroes. We would try to write songs like Neil Finn, or we would try to write songs like Ray Davies, or we would try to write songs like Glenn Tilbrook.
~ Adam Schlesinger
About
Glenn
Heroes
I Think
Imitating
Like
More
Neil
Our
Out
Ray
Songs
Songwriting
Starting
Think
Try
Were
Would
Write
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I think with musicals, it's much more part of the script. They don't want songs that would stop the show; they need songs that keep the plot moving.
~ Adam Schlesinger
I Think
Keep
More
Moving
Much
Musicals
Need
Part
Plot
Script
Show
Songs
Stop
Think
Want
Would
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I usually start with a lyric and see where that takes me.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Lyric
Me
See
Start
Takes
Where
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I'm just like anybody else: I have stuff to do in the day, whether that's writing a song or recording a song. I try to treat everything I do as just work.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Anybody
Anybody Else
Day
Else
Everything
Just
Like
Recording
Song
Stuff
Treat
Try
Whether
Work
Writing
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I'm not comfortable as a lead singer. Maybe I could do it in the studio, but I wouldn't have the confidence to play shows.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Comfortable
Confidence
Could
Lead
Lead Singer
Maybe
Play
Shows
Singer
Studio
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I've never really had the desire to be a front person or a solo artist. I don't really create that much of a hierarchy in my mind.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Artist
Create
Desire
Front
Had
Hierarchy
Mind
Much
Never
Person
Really
Solo
Solo Artist
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If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.
~ Adam Schlesinger
About
Going
Like
Martha
Place
Resort
Sitting
Ski
Song
Think
Vineyard
Write
You
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copy
In promotional mode, every day is a series of decisions. You can easily fill up your day with checklist stuff.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Day
Decisions
Easily
Every
Every Day
Fill
Mode
Series
Stuff
Up
You
Your
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In the '80s, they were using an awful lot of technology but hadn't really figured out how it worked yet... You had these really great, simple pop songs turned into these gigantic overproductions.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Awful
Awful Lot
Figured
Gigantic
Great
Had
How
Lot
Out
Pop
Pop Songs
Really
Simple
Songs
Technology
Turned
Using
Were
Worked
You
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It would probably be better if I got involved in fewer things just because I'd have more time to write for my own purposes... But if somebody calls you up with a really cool project, it's hard to just say 'no' because you don't feel like working.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Because
Better
Calls
Cool
Feel
Fewer
Got
Hard
Involved
Just
Just Because
Like
More
My Own
Own
Project
Purposes
Really
Say
Somebody
Things
Time
Up
Working
Would
Write
You
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It's always been my philosophy to keep a lot of balls in the air. With music, most things don't pan out, so you try to increase your odds by being involved with a million things at once.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Air
Always
Balls
Been
Being
Increase
Involved
Keep
Lot
Million
Most
Music
Odds
Once
Out
Pan
Philosophy
Things
Try
You
Your
design
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London is a vast, complex city designed by the same guy who created the Habitrail.
~ Adam Schlesinger
City
Complex
Created
Designed
Guy
London
Same
Vast
Who
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copy
Making your own records is really satisfying in the sense that you more or less get to do what you want. It may not sell or whatever, but on an artistic level, the only people that you really have to fight with are the people in your own band.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Artistic
Band
Fight
Get
Less
Level
Making
May
More
More Or Less
Only
Own
People
Really
Records
Satisfying
Sell
Sense
Want
Whatever
You
Your
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copy
Most of the jobs I've gotten are from people calling me. I don't actively solicit a lot of work like that, but maybe I should.
~ Adam Schlesinger
Actively
Calling
Gotten
Jobs
Like
Lot
Maybe
Me
Most
People
Should
Work
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