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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.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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All these biopics and biographies and people gossiping about so-and-so's drug abuse or who's sleeping with who, it's just a bunch of nonsense.
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I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.
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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 think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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It's not my way to talk about my feelings. They're impudent to myself, so it wouldn't make any sense if I tried to explain them to anyone else. I've never been to therapy - not interested in it.
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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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I don't live anywhere, so that's what's fun about tours.
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People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
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I'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.
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I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend to be ignored.
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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've always been interested in an idea of boundless love - an impersonal, big love.
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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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I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.
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As long as there are a few people there, I can lose myself, which is the ultimate goal. And that's happening more and more the non-musical world is becoming less and less interesting to me.
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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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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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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.
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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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