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I love songs because by nature they are concise they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's usually funnier that way, anyway.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
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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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Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best. To make it about the artist and to dwell upon biographical information can only make it singular, and I am really, really disgusted by that.
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This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.
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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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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 I prefer singing in falsetto. I like the way it sounds. It doesn't sound like my natural voice. It sounds like a character.
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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 think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.
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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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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 don't live anywhere, so that's what's fun about tours.
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I'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.
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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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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 took piano lessons when I was a little kid, but even before that, you're singing in the classroom and wherever. Gosh, children are always singing. But I took music lessons, some choir and things like that at school. I learned how to play the guitar when I was about 13... ancient history.
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I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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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 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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Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.
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