I think the biggest thing - and this I think is true of songs but also of movies and books and art in general - is when you have this moment where yo…

- Craig Finn

One of the things is my process requires a lot of repetition. I can probably drive people crazy because I'm interested in playing a song twenty times…

- Craig Finn

The Replacements are the foundation for a lot of what came after in alternative and college rock. Let It Be is their best record and has the most div…

- Craig Finn

I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need to hear the story ag…

- Craig Finn

When people hit on feeling a certain melancholy or elation, it's a really exciting moment. I think making that connection is the goal, and what makes…

- Craig Finn

There are nights when I think that Sal Paradise was right / Boys and Girls in America / Have such a sad time together.

- Craig Finn

People make maps of all the places I've mentioned. I knew that those people were out there. I wanted to create something for them.

- Craig Finn

People think of songwriting as a very personal thing: A guy gets up there with an acoustic guitar and he sings his heart out, bares his soul.

- Craig Finn

I'm able to draw outside my own personal experiences. No one wants to hear the song about what I really did today, which is go get coffee and clean m…

- Craig Finn