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Craig Finn Biography

Craig Finn (born August 22, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. 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," Finn has released three solo albums, Clear Heart Full Eyes (2012), Faith in the Future (2015) and We All Want the Same Things (2017).

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My style of lyric-writing is very specific and has a lot of details, and I think people react most to that.

People, React, Specific, Think, Thinking, Writing

You are hearing this song, and you're 16, and it's a song about love, or a girl. And then maybe there's a girl at school that you like. So you're going to be thinking about that girl. That song is sort of about that girl. The songwriter doesn't know that girl, obviously. He wrote it for something else. But there's the specific meaning with the universal again.

Girl, Like, School, Song, Thinking

You can think of a number of bands where the first record is by far their biggest record. And that must be hard for people to recapture. Hard for people to live with.

Number, Numbers, People, Think, Thinking

You can't get every girl; you get the ones you love the best.

Every Girl, Girl, Love, Ones

The idea of anyone collecting compact discs just seems bizarre to me.

Bizarre, Collecting, Compact, Discs, Idea

Sometimes people come up and say, "You have this line in this song and it meant a lot to me. " You don't always remember that line as the one. You're putting part of your human being on the page so people are going to have different responses - the other humans are going to connect with different parts.

Come, Different, Humans, People, Song

I'm not a horror movie guy, but I think the guy that did Saw, or maybe House or something, he was saying you love that age as a storyteller because a nineteen-year-old is still dumb enough to make really bad decisions, but he's allowed to be out on his own.

Bad, Horror, House, Saw, Thinking, Years

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

Album, Mean, People, Song, Songs

When people hit on feeling a certain melancholy or elation, it's a really exciting moment. I think making that connection is the goal, and what makes something great.

Goal, Hit, Making, People, Thinking

I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need to hear the story again?

Needs, People, Song, Songs, Story, Wonder

When you get into rock 'n' roll myths, like that Rod Stewart blew his whole band and had to get his stomach pumped, it's ridiculous, but everyone's heard it.

Band, Heard, Like, Pumped, Rock N Roll, Rocks

I think making the songs is to put strength in the community in some way.

Community, Song, Strength, Thinking, Way

Before I had a driver's license, and I lived in the suburbs of Minneapolis and went to high school and came home - I could ride my bike around or get a ride from my parents, but my world was pretty small, limited. Like anyone at that age, I only knew things I could get to.

High, Home, Parent, Pretty, School, World

One of the coolest things to me about going to a show is you look over, and the guy next to you is sitting there drinking a beer and he's wearing a Donkeys t-shirt. And you're like, "Dude, I love The Donkeys. "

Beer, Coolest, Drinking, Dude, Guy, Show

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.

Base, Confirmed, Holy Days, People, Purpose, Sunday

I think, Trump ran a very nostalgic campaign. There's an idea of like, to put it bluntly: What if it was like before all our kids got strung out on drugs? You know, what if it was like that? Make America like that.

Campaign, Drug, Drugs, Kids, Know, Thinking

My wife is very happy about me keeping all my music in my pocket.

Happy, Keeping, My Wife, Pockets, Wife

Just looking into something kind of analytically can give a lot of ideas.

Analytically, Giving, Ideas, Kind, Looking

Someone should have a record that doesn't have any singing. It's my favorite Miles Davis record. I love hanging out in the summer, in New York, when it's miserably hot. I love electric Miles Davis in the summer. Jack Johnson, the songwriting especially, is a premier example of that. It always makes me feel hot in the city. It's also nice to have something not yelling in your ear. For me, as a lyricist, it's nice to put on something without any words.

Johnson, New York, Nice, Songwriting, Summer

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.

Pursue, Song, Things, Thinking, Writing

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