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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.

Cass McCombs

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Cass McCombs
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: November 13
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California
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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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A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team.
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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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Lyrics are my racket music is play - the fluff stuff.
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People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
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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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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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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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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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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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Folk art has never been much about politics it's about action and utility.
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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 don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.
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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'm not trying to write for the masses. I don't care.
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This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.
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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 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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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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