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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
Cass McCombs
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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.
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It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.
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It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born.
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When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions.
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I'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.
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It's the stupidest thing of all time, going on tour. It deteriorates the soul, but it's fun.
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It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes.
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I don't live anywhere, so that's what's fun about tours.
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I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.
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Bringing the individual into it music only distracts from the universal and makes it trivial. And then it's easy to wash your hands of it because you might not be from their background, or you might disagree with their personal perspective. So you discount it and go back into your corner instead of coming out and engaging with everything.
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I think a master craftsman is someone who is unpretentious. He has a physical object in front of him and, while he works with a higher aim, he doesn't let his personality get in the way of his art. It's simply about the task at hand and to make it as functional and necessary to the world as he can.
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I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.
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I don't know about timeless. I actually think most of what I do is completely modern, but universally modern. Who decides what timeless even means? Are the things that we consider timeless now going to, in fact, be considered timeless in 300 years? Probably not.
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I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart there's been people who have left my life, and I don't have a problem with that. This is a transitory world we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it and holding on.
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I think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag.
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I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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If it's possible to have an enemy without making it personal or moral, then that's what I'm trying to do.
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I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything.
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If you've ever sang in falsetto, you know that your throat is between your voice and your mouth. In a standard voice, you sing from your belly. And when you sing in a falsetto, you're blocking that. It gives it a filter. It gives it a character. It's less revealing.
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I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.
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