I wouldn't ever do a radio edit because I feel like it would totally go against the point of 'Follow Your Arrow.' I just think you're going to like it or not like it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Creativity shouldn't be following radio; it should be the other way around.
I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.
I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
Well, what's interesting, I try not to think about the radio when I'm writing a song. I want people to love the song, and that means it might not be exactly thinking about the radio, but it's thinking about your audience and saying, 'I want people to like this song after it's done.'
I don't listen to the radio in the car, and I do that because I don't want to be influenced.
I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits.
That can definitely mess with your music - if you overthink. 'What's radio going to think?' or 'What are these people going to think?'
You make music to change the radio, not make music for the radio.
When you're doing a radio show, you can express yourself.