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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 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 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 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 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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Everyone wants to be well-loved and appreciated but, at the same time, there are some people that just don't want to be your friend, and there's nothing you can do or say to change that.
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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 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 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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I don't live anywhere, so that's what's fun about tours.
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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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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'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.
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It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.
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I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
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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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When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.
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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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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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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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