There's kind of this unequaled thrill of playing a half-finished song, it's kind of sense of slight embarrassment; like you're blushing. I… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I have the barn, it's just kind of like a studio. Almost all artists have la studio to work in, and that's… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just think we're not meant to fly halfway around the world in a day. That some kind of mutation is… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The first splurge of creativity is kind of free, and the last 30 percent is painstakingly hard work, but it's good to… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
My head is full of shifting patterns and polyrhythmic stuff; but I want to use all acoustic instruments and create this kind… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Usually bands with violins - it's this little, poorly amplified looking kind of futile on stage, and that's not the way that… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
In New York, I'm playing in a church, solo, doing instrumental stuff. There's talk of doing more, like, installation-type things with some… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I've literally opened it up to suggestions and it's totally chaotic and kind of a bad idea. You don't need the actual… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Anyway, I'm digressing, but this is just kind of this 10-and-a-half-minute, ambient - you hear cicadas and birds and the wind outside… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I've always felt that dark lyrics with dark music is pretty useless. Maybe that's a strong statement - not useless, but for me, it's… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords. — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
There's kind of this unequaled thrill of playing a half-finished song, it's kind of sense of slight embarrassment; like you're blushing. I like doing… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The anti-aging advert that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, 'Aah, I've used too much' — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I'm just trying to get my body in shape so that I can handle it. It's a very physically demanding thing. I've been doing… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
Since I first picked up the violin, I've been very interested in tone and texture: I would have very visceral reactions to the texture… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
I have the barn, it's just kind of like a studio. Almost all artists have la studio to work in, and that's really what… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
There's always a tension between wanting to write a really concise, instant gratification type song that gets under your skin the first time you… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
