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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.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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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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When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.
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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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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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I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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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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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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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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All these biopics and biographies and people gossiping about so-and-so's drug abuse or who's sleeping with who, it's just a bunch of nonsense.
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I want to make something that's useful to someone, somewhere.
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Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.
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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 don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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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 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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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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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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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 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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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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