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I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
Composer
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Record Producer
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California
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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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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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I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.
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I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.
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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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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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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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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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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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Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.
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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 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 don't live anywhere, so that's what's fun about tours.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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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 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 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 don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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