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Some of your best songs come from a desperate attempt to escape, so sitting in an airport for hours I can just start pulling out little fragments of songs from my head. A lot of times a melody will just occur to me and be my companion for a couple of months.

Andrew Bird

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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
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