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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.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
Composer
Musician
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Concord
California
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Drag
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Studios
Singing
Live

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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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I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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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 wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.
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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 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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It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.
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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 think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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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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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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I don't live anywhere, so that's what's fun about tours.
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I've always been interested in an idea of boundless love - an impersonal, big love.
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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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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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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 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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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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People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
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I do like the word timeless. That's a great word.
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