Adam Schlesinger

Musician

1967-10-31 – 2020-04-01

Adam Schlesinger was an American songwriter, composer, and musician known for Fountains of Wayne and film/TV music.

Quotes by Adam Schlesinger

I've never really had the desire to be a front person or a solo artist. I don't really create that much of a hierarchy in my mind.
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Saxon, if you are unfamiliar, is a British heavy-metal band that has been around since the mid-'70s and was in no small part the inspiration for Spinal Tap.
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The Ting Tings have been a huge hit in my family. I have two young daughters, and both of them love that record, so I pretty much have to listen to that ten times a day.
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One of the more surreal days I've ever had in the recording studio was Martin Fry teaching Hugh Grant his old dance moves. Showing him how to do the hair-flip and the point, and all these sort of trademark moves of his.
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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.
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With the TV stuff, we usually hand in final, finished tracks. The turnaround time is so tight that there's no time to demo anything; you just do it.
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The Mall Of America, outside Minneapolis, is just a mall. Yeah, it's big. So, like, instead of your typical 12 Starbucks, there are 30.
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If you're sitting in a place like Martha's Vineyard, I don't think you're going to write a song about a ski resort.
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