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Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.
Andrew Bird
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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
Fiddler
Film Editor
Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Chicago
Illinois
Andrew Wegman Bird
Andrew W. Bird
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Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all
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I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and internalize it, almost as if I had written it myself.
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Most of the songs that I appreciate are lyrically vague.
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I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.
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I just pay attention to what's in my head. That's my number-one rule.
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A day off after a show with no agenda in a foreign city is about the most fertile creative situation I can imagine. Just walking with nothing to do, killing time and hearing the sights and sounds of an unfamiliar place.
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I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.
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It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.
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The real drag is trying to fly from country to country, day of show, with all your gear. You get hassled all the time. It's hard trying to keep it together.
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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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Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.
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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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The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.
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What you see with your eyes when you're making music is going to have a profound effect on what you hear.
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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
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I've always felt that dark lyrics with dark music is pretty useless. Maybe that's a strong statement - not useless, but for me, it's just boring.
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I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as well, and I need to keep myself interested. When I'm left to my own devices, there's a struggle.
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Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.
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