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The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter.
Andrew Bird
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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
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Andrew Wegman Bird
Andrew W. Bird
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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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I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.
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I still play solo shows. And some of those shows are still some of the best, most gratifying shows.
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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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No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.
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I create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that.
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The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start to play, the kind of melodies that just pour out of me. Some of them sound very classical. Some of them sound experimental, polyrhythmic loops that I make.
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Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.
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I've always found that whatever you say about indie rock, it is the most inclusive genre or title for anything. It doesn't pin you down too much, like other labels would. It's just newer, it has less baggage.
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With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way it sounds, but I really don't know what it means. And I honestly don't care for a while.
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Songwriting requires some sort of ceremony to even get the process started, and it can be somewhat arbitrary.
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It's not set in stone. I like to keep it rolling and changing, and so I am like, Great, I get to remake my song.
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There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.
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I really like the sound of analog things where clearly there's something being touched. You can sense that something is handmade. So much with digital, there's a disconnect.
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I can't relate to the process of just disappearing and writing a record, all at the same time, followed by the sort of drudgery of going out on tour and trying to recreate the record, playing the same 12 songs every night.
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I've always had levity in my songs, so I like to turn things over, twist them around, and make fun of myself.
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The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.
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The earth almost looks like it's packed down and dense from so many feet treading over it.
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The anti-aging advert that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, 'Aah, I've used too much'
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Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.
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