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I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
Composer
Musician
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Concord
California
Someone
Something
Make
Useful
Somewhere

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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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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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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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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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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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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 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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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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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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Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.
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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'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.
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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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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 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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It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.
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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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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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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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