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" A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not. "
True
Be True
May
" As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest. "
Way
Hate
Song
" But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible. "
Create
Long
People
" Even now, when I try and think of band names just randomly, I'm so thankful that 'fun.' is the name of the band. I never really think twice about it. It is so simple and so easy. "
Think
Simple
Name
" I always wanted to be a singer, but none of my friends thought I could sing. "
Thought
Always
Singer
" I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. Although, I always find it annoying when he does play an instrument. "
Kind
Family
Find
" I don't have a Twitter or a Facebook, but that doesn't mean I'm any more productive than the rest of the world. "
More
Mean
Facebook
" I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations. "
Play
Expectations
Young
" I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs. "
Known
Songs
Anything
" I feel like the rap metal at the end of the 1990s destroyed rock music for everybody and suddenly everybody felt like they had to apologise for being in rock bands. People suddenly felt bad about wanting to reach massive audiences and the sense of theatre, that we have in our live show, became something to avoid. "
Music
People
End
" If you can make the song a soundtrack to what you're living at the time, I think that's the most important part of a song. "
Song
Living
Most
" If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it. "
Music
Today
Moving Forward
" I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could. "
People
Pearl
Like
" I kind of like being depressed. "
Being
Depressed
Kind
" I knew how touring was for 10 years, but it's completely different now that things are popping off. "
Things
Now
How
" I'm not going to lie. I check the iTunes charts. It's all about the iTunes charts. I only go on the Internet for the iTunes charts and basketball blogs. "
Lie
Go
Basketball
" In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way. "
New
Way
Like
" I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them. "
Reading
Thinking
Three
" I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you. "
Music
Me
Know
" I think any branding for me is band-related. It's really weird to get used to the exposure, because I am a naturally introverted person, and I'm not exactly social. Occasionally I can get comfortable enough to talk, but I spend a lot of my days not talking, especially when I'm at home and not on tour. "
Me
Enough
Home
" I think it's really cool, but Jimmy Eat World and Gin Blossoms did it better than anyone. People don't realize just how awesome the Arizona history is, especially for alternative music. Growing up, that's all I ever wanted to be was those two bands. "
Music
People
Cool
" I think legally we have to do 'fun' with a period. I think we agreed because apparently there was another band called 'fun.' We Google-searched, which now makes sense because we're so impossible to Google-search. "
Band
Think
Sense
" I think that I always thought that if my uncle was on Broadway, then I must inherently have a good voice. I don't think that for a while I did. Eventually, out of sheer will of never wanting to get a job or go to college, I found my way into doing music full-time. "
Voice
College
Job
" I try and get about eight hours of sleep every single night. And I like to think that I drink more water than anyone, ever. "
Water
Drink
Night
" It's important that I get time to run, to just go for a jog for about 30 minutes. It helps with my voice, but it also kind of gives me a little bit of time to myself - and you get to see a city. "
Myself
Run
Time
" It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place. "
Work
Writing
Love
" I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool. "
Us
Brother
Cool
" I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22. "
Years
Label
Major
" I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine. "
Mind
Good
I Am
" Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog. "
Listening
Song
People
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