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Mark Foster

American Musician

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I think my inner child wants to take over the world. Mark Foster

World Think Take Over Child Wants Inner Inner Child

I look at bands like the Beach Boys, Hall & Oates and Blur, and those are the bands I want to be in company with because their songwriting is intelligent, and yet you don't need to be a musical genius to pick it up. Mark Foster

In Morocco, a Muslim country, I got to hear the call to prayer five times a day. At first it felt kind of scary, kind of dangerous, because of the propaganda towards anything Muslim in the U.S. subconsciously coming out in me. By the end of the trip, it was so beautiful, and then not hearing it when I got back to L.A. really threw me off. Mark Foster

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Travelling alone was like laundry for my thoughts. Mark Foster

Alone Thoughts Laundry Like Travelling

I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist. Mark Foster

Think Entertainer Between Artist Difference Being

I was an only child, so I was alone a lot. Mark Foster

Alone Only Only Child Lot Child

I had really bad grades in high school and didn't want to go to college, and my dad said, 'Why don't you move to L.A. or New York and pursue music? You've always been good at it.' It was the first thing that made sense to me and... It was the right move. Mark Foster

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I was rambunctious - a boy's boy, full of energy. I wasn't a bad kid. I just liked to talk. Mark Foster

Energy Kid Bad Bad Kid Liked Talk Boy Just Full

I don't consider myself an entertainer. I consider myself an artist, and I think with that comes responsibility. Mark Foster

Myself Responsibility Think Consider Entertainer Artist

There are a few songwriters in bands I really relate to that write a certain type of joy, because a lot of artists don't really write joy. It's a thing only a few people do. Mark Foster

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I was afraid of the sophomore slump even before our first record came out. It was a very real fear because I'd watched so many bands I'd loved in the past not deliver. I knew it was a very real thing. I didn't know why it happens, but I'd been thinking about it a lot. Mark Foster

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One of the things with the second record, a word I held close to my chest was 'brave.' To take chances to go outside the box and explore. To continue to toss off any expectation that our fans or anyone else might have of us, to just tap into who I am as a writer and artist and really just operate within that freedom of creation. Mark Foster

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At the end of the day, I use music to be able to communicate to people. Mark Foster

Music Day People Communicate End Of The Day Able End Use

We're not trying to be a mega-pop-band, but we also wouldn't be opposed to selling millions of records, either. Mark Foster

Records Also Opposed Selling Trying Either Millions

Foster the People wouldn't exist without Mophonics. Mark Foster

People Without Exist Foster

I wanted to be an attorney all the way up until I was 17. Mark Foster

Way Attorney Until Up Wanted

I'd rather be a poor singer/songwriter doing what I love than get rich from selling my soul. Mark Foster

Love Soul Rich Rather My Soul Doing Selling Than Get Poor

Writing for other people is easier than writing for myself - it's not as personal. Mark Foster

Myself People Writing Other Easier Than Personal

My aunts and uncles were like, 'You've got such a great voice - why don't you try out for 'American Idol?'' I'd say, 'Because I'm a songwriter, not a puppet.' Even if I won and became really successful off a show like that, I'd be miserable. Mark Foster

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'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That was the first time when I truly was gripped by the power of music. It opened my eyes to the heights that music can achieve. Mark Foster

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I could have pigeonholed us and wrote a whole record like 'Pumped Up Kicks,' and we would have been this breezy, nostalgic West Coast Beach Boys recreation band. That's not the type of writer I am. Once I try one style, I move on. Mark Foster

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I didn't want to be a soul singer. Mark Foster

Soul Singer Want

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