I look at bands like the Beach Boys, Hall & Oates and Blur, and those are the bands I want to be in company with because their songwriting is intelligent, and yet you don't need to be a musical genius to pick it up. Mark Foster More Quotes by Mark Foster More Quotes From Mark Foster I think my inner child wants to take over the world. Mark Foster child think inner-child world It's the meanest thing to abuse your power as a songwriter. To write pointedly about someone... it's kind of unfair to use them. They can't answer you or have a rebuttal. Mark Foster your someone you power When you're underwater with goggles on, a couple of your senses are taken away, and it becomes this purely visual thing. It's just you and yourself. Mark Foster your yourself you underwater There's just really interesting facets of culture just swirling in Morocco. They all have slightly different colours, so it's just an inspiring place to be. Mark Foster place different culture interesting Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start. Mark Foster start know simple people In Morocco, a Muslim country, I got to hear the call to prayer five times a day. At first it felt kind of scary, kind of dangerous, because of the propaganda towards anything Muslim in the U.S. subconsciously coming out in me. By the end of the trip, it was so beautiful, and then not hearing it when I got back to L.A. really threw me off. Mark Foster day me prayer beautiful Travelling alone was like laundry for my thoughts. Mark Foster thoughts alone like laundry We've grown up on the Beach Boys and the Beatles and Blur and Bowie and the Clash. Also E.L.O. and Hall and Oates. Those are all artists who write songs that are accessible but still left of center. It's intelligent pop. There's still something different and complex about it. Mark Foster something blur different beach I experienced bullying a lot. I was an only child, and I was kind of a small kid with a big mouth, and so I always got myself in trouble. Mark Foster small child myself bullying I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist. Mark Foster difference being think artist I was an only child, so I was alone a lot. Mark Foster alone only child only-child It's funny: the one time I got star-struck was when I met Snoop Dogg. I gave him a hug and said, 'I love you, man.' Mark Foster man time love funny We need to do a better job of loving each other beyond race, beyond belief, beyond our difference. Mark Foster loving better job race Once I write something, I never try to write that same style again, because I get very schizophrenic musically. Mark Foster something never try style I had really bad grades in high school and didn't want to go to college, and my dad said, 'Why don't you move to L.A. or New York and pursue music? You've always been good at it.' It was the first thing that made sense to me and... It was the right move. Mark Foster good me you music I was rambunctious - a boy's boy, full of energy. I wasn't a bad kid. I just liked to talk. Mark Foster boy talk bad energy The jingles saved my life. When I got hired to do that, I was on top. I finally was making a living doing what I loved. Before that, it was so bleak; it got so dark in L.A. I was 25, been living there for seven years trying to make it, and getting really close to getting signed with different bands and as a solo artist only to have my hopes dashed. Mark Foster loved my-life dark life I was always extremely independent growing up. Mark Foster up always growing-up independent I remember, in middle school, I went to four different schools. That was a rough patch. But it's also what shaped me as a person. Mark Foster person me remember school If I'm with people who are really positive and go with the flow, that's when the best ideas come out for me. Mark Foster best me positive people
