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When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
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California
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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.
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I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.
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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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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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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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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 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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I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.
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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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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 want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.
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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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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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I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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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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Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best. To make it about the artist and to dwell upon biographical information can only make it singular, and I am really, really disgusted by that.
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Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover.
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I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.
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I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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