Thank God we don't know a lot about Shakespeare or Moses or Homer or Lautreamont. These are the best guys we got, and their art is powerful because they're mysterious.
From Cass McCombs
When you play with great musicians, whether they're schooled or self-taught, they keep you on your toes. It comes down to people's personalities and individual energies.
I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would totally object to being some kind of distraught personality. I've never tried to attach myself to that.
People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos - they just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team.
I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know.
A lot of people don't know what it's like to actually be hungry. I do. I've also slept on the streets.
Sometimes I feel like I finish a song, and there's another song that I have to write in response to that song. Each is like its own separate feeling, its own separate universe.
I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.
I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.
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