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I think life is a wondrous thing. I'm happy to try pretty hard.

Andrew Bird

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Andrew Bird
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 11
Fiddler
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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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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound. It's not trying to replace a band, per se. It's become a completely different thing. And it's not just simply an effect. It's just a very surprisingly intuitive thing.
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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 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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I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.
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I'm into lately being a little less precious about writing and being like, Okay, what if I just locked myself in my room, pretend that there's someone outside with a gun that's saying, 'Don't come out until you write something.'
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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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Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.
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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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Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin.
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Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just kind of all jittery.
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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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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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I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
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My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
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People who are thinking about your music almost as much as you are, that almost never happens.
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Pretty much any given day, barring some major distraction, I get melodies coming to me. Lyrics don't come quite as easily. So I've been inventing little projects and challenges to sort of kick my ass with the lyrics.
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Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.
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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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No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.
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