Cass McCombs Quotes
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I'm very comfortable being naked. It's one of my favorite things to do.
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Along with 'Free,' where I sing quite a bit, there are additional songs on 'Skin' where you can hear my voice in the background - lots of 'oohs' and 'aahs.' But more often than not, I use my vocals to prompt other rappers and singers to feel calmer, better, bolder.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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We never see ourselves as others see us.
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Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate.
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Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
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I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do.
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I hate chilling. I hate even the notion of chilling. I like doing stuff.
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Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
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My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.
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I'm an old spirit, and my voice tends to be kind of heavy and loud. I've been referenced as 'a young Aretha.'
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To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.
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It's more than a little ironic that the mantra that swept Bill Clinton into office is exactly what prevented Hillary from winning it. Somehow, the Manhattan billionaire became the voice of the disaffected blue-collar middle class in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
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I was an English major at Brown. I never enjoyed history classes.
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I have been an outsider in journalism and in the academy, because I never fully belonged to any of them.
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You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.
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The odd thing about 'Cripple of Inishmaan' is it's never actually been performed on the island.
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Never let 'em see you sweat. Guests feel guilty if they think you've worked too hard to make dinner for them - which of course you have!
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A surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.
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A woman is always Right. But sometimes confused or may be misinformed or rude or stubborn or senseless or unchangeable about her opinions or even down right stupid at times but NEVER wrong... She is always Right.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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I'm a songwriter first...In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious...Sensitive, humbug. Everybody thinks I'm sensitive...There is a downside to having one of the biggest-selling albums ever.
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I'm actually quite proud of the fact that we made a success of ourselves in a donkey jacket and DMs, without any thought to sexualising what we were doing.
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I hate my voice. I've never been comfortable singing.
