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I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
Composer
Musician
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Concord
California
Somber
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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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I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.
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The writing of the record didn't take long, because I just have a huge stack of papers and I just pluck from the stack. It took a long time because it's very expensive to make records in fact, I think it's a complete rip-off.
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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 want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.
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I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.
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To me, craft work is the ultimate. Maybe I got this idea from the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, who was employed as a sculptor to the state and church, making coins and things. While he admired Michelangelo, he also made fun of his spiritual angst with art.
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Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, It makes me think. I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
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I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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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 do like the word timeless. That's a great word.
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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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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 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 like going to the studio. It just seems too cold. There's no crowd to react to, or share anything with it's just talking into a microphone that's going into a computer.
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This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.
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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.
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