Although I'm a huge fan of Ben Kweller, I don't think I'd cover one of his songs, simply because there's just so much of my own stuff I wanna do.
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I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influences during my live show.
Not really interested in covering other bands songs to be honest.
My idea of covers is that you should never cover a song and do it exactly like the artist because everyone's always going to compare it to the way the original artists did it, and they're just going to go, 'Oh I like the original better.'
There's some songs you can cover, and I've covered and butchered a few, but you can't do them all.
I like to do cover songs if I really love them, I have to love the song first.
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
Not to take anything away from artists who don't write their own songs, but it's always been important to me to make sure it's my story.
For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.
Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite honest and open, they can be very revealing. But covers, I don't have to think about, just get me up there!