Cass McCombs Quotes
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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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Dead men always have the last laugh. They win. They're dead. You can't hurt their feelings anymore.
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I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective.
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I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.
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A lot of people don't know what it's like to actually be hungry. I do. I've also slept on the streets.
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Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.
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Usually there's no specific reason for loneliness - it's a broad feeling.
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A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up.
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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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Loneliness is the most compelling force in the universe.
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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 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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Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead.
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People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos.
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Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.
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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 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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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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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 think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
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As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
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Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.