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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: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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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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Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best.
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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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This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.
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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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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 don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.
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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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I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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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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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 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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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 don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
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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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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 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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