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People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher.
Cass McCombs
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Cass McCombs
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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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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I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.
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I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team.
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I wouldn't claim to know what another person is thinking. I can imagine it, but it's my interpretation, and I try to make that clear. It's my vision of what I think their life is. I don't think there are empirical truths in that regard.
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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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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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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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I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.
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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 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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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 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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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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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 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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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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