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The writing of the record didn't take long, because I just have a huge stack of papers and I just pluck from the stack. It took a long time because it's very expensive to make records in fact, I think it's a complete rip-off.
Cass McCombs
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Cass McCombs
Age: 46
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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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've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words.
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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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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 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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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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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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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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I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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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 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 do like the word timeless. That's a great word.
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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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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 don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.
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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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