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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

Topics: 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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With Fountains of Wayne, after 'Stacy's Mom' happened, we started making a little bit more money and getting a little bit more known.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: After Bit Getting Happened Known Little Little Bit Making Mom Money More Started Wayne

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In promotional mode, every day is a series of decisions. You can easily fill up your day with checklist stuff.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Day Decisions Easily Every Every Day Fill Mode Series Stuff Up You Your

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A song sometimes ends up with its own internal logic.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Ends Internal Logic Own Sometimes Song Up

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Most of your day is spent working, and being in a band is no different. We're just business travelers in a way.

~Adam Schlesinger

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Bands like R.E.M. and even The Replacements, during that initial wave of college rock, would sell 40, 50, 100,000 copies of a record, and that would be seen as extremely successful - and definitely enough to keep doing more.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Bands College Copies Definitely Doing Enough Even Extremely Initial Keep Like More Record Rock Seen Sell Successful Wave Would

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Every year, there's some band that plays guitar-oriented pop music that has a single, but for the most part, it's kind of relegated to the sidelines.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Band Every Kind Most Music Part Plays Pop Pop Music Sidelines Single Some Year

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I usually start with a lyric and see where that takes me.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Lyric Me See Start Takes Where

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For me, it's just more satisfying when you follow the rules rather than just make a bunch of sounds. The magic of just making noise in the studio goes away after a while.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: After Away Bunch Follow Goes Just Magic Make Making Me More Noise Rather Rules Satisfying Sounds Studio Than While You

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A band can define their own success.

~Adam Schlesinger

Topics: Band Define Own Success

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: October 31st, 1967

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