54 Mark Foster Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mark Foster

American Musician

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I'm not in this to make money. I would not have sold my soul to be on 'American Idol.' Mark Foster

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'Pumped Up Kicks' is written from the perspective like Truman Capote wrote 'In Cold Blood' or Dostoevsky wrote 'Crime & Punishment.' It's psychologically breaking down someone's state of mind and diving in and walking in their shoes. Mark Foster

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I want to make music for everyone. I'm not trying to start a super exclusive group. I don't want a clique of people where you have to wear a certain type of clothes to come to our shows, or you have to be the ages of this and this. Mark Foster

We're not the corporation of Foster the People. We're a band. Mark Foster

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I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' when I began to read about the growing trend in teenage mental illness. I wanted to understand the psychology behind it because it was foreign to me. Mark Foster

Through technology and social media, we're able to create an identity online that shows people the face that we want them to see and rather than who they really are. Mark Foster

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L.A. gives me a lot. L.A. is a city of extremes. People come here from all over the world that have these, like, giant ideas, and they put everything into it. And some people just fall flat on their face, and some people, you know, shoot like a rocket. Mark Foster

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When I was 21, I was in a pretty serious band, and we almost got signed - went to New York, showcased, all that - but didn't end up getting signed, and we broke up. I went back to the drawing board; I really took a hit from that whole experience. Mark Foster

With 'Torches,' I wanted to make a great pop record; I wanted every song to be exciting, not to have too much space, no long pieces of music without vocals. I kind of wanted to write the perfect pop album. Mark Foster

I write songs based on things I see in the culture around me. Mark Foster

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I didn't record 'Pumped Up Kicks' out of a sense of moral obligation. Mark Foster

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When I'm writing songs, my favourite thing to do is to try and rabbit-trail and go places I've never gone to before. Just like exploring a new terrain or a new country or something. Mark Foster

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Culturally, it's really funny to me that people respect the weird guy as an artist. There can be a curmudgeon in the corner with spiders building nests in his hair, and he hasn't bathed for three weeks, but for whatever reason, he's more creative than the guy sitting next to him that's showered and is talking to everybody. Mark Foster

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I wrote 'Torches' before experiencing touring as a band. I really had no idea what they would sound like live, and that was something we had to figure out along the way. Mark Foster

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I'm really into the recycling of art. That one piece of art inspires another piece of art, which inspires another piece of art. I really like that idea. Mark Foster

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I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument. Mark Foster

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'Torches' flowed together with interesting intros and outros. It was all very natural. Mark Foster

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The phrase 'pumped up kicks,' man, I was excited when I came up with that. Mark Foster

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