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

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
Composer
Musician
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Concord
California
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Useful
Somewhere
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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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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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This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.
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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'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.
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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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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 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 don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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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 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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I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
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I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.
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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 love being lost! I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. 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.
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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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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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It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.
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I've always been interested in an idea of boundless love - an impersonal, big love.
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