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I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.

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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
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I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.
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All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.
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You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I’m going, or when I’ve lived in a place so long that there’s no chance I could possibly get lost.
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I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.
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Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.
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The weirdest time is when I'm having to explain myself all day to journalists, and then I don't perform, so there's no release, just a lot of self-consciousness. Then what do you do with that at the end of the day? How do you release your brain from talking about yourself all day?
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