--- title: "21 Kind Quotes By Andrew Bird" description: "21 Kind quotes by Andrew Bird. Plus more from Andrew Bird and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/andrew-bird-4041_absurd_i-still-kind-of-believe-this-absurd-line_2930417.png" --- > [I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-still-kind-of-believe-this-absurd-line-that-if-you-have-to-write-it/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/andrew-bird-4041_absurd_i-still-kind-of-believe-this-absurd-line_2930417.png) > [Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/guitars-are-kind-of-just-you-know-sexy-especially-old-vintage-ones/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/andrew-bird-4041_guitar_guitars-are-kind-of-just-you-know-sexy-e_2493613.png) > [Some of my earlier songs are kind of more about mental illness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/some-of-my-earlier-songs-are-kind-of-more-about-mental-illness/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/andrew-bird-4041_illness_some-of-my-earlier-songs-are-kind-of-mor_898299.png) > [Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/honestly-i-didn-t-have-the-patience-for-biology-or-history-in-an/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/andrew-bird-4041_academic_honestly-i-didn-t-have-the-patience-for_1540887.png) > [The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-melodies-come-out-so-strong-that-i-m-like-oh-crap-it-s-really/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/andrew-bird-4041_able_the-melodies-come-out-so-strong-that-i-m_2444514.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-ve-literally-opened-it-up-to-suggestions-and-it-s-totally-chaotic/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a3/andrew-bird-4041_bad-idea_i-ve-literally-opened-it-up-to-suggestio_2166983.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/every-time-i-make-a-record-it-s-kind-of-like-scarification-or/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/andrew-bird-4041_hours_every-time-i-make-a-record-it-s-kind-of_2799582.png) > [Sometimes I just think we're not meant to fly halfway around the world in a day. That some kind of mutation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/sometimes-i-just-think-we-re-not-meant-to-fly-halfway-around-the/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/andrew-bird-4041_around-the-world_sometimes-i-just-think-we-re-not-meant-t_486386.png) > [My head is full of shifting patterns and polyrhythmic stuff; but I want to use all acoustic instruments and create this kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/my-head-is-full-of-shifting-patterns-and-polyrhythmic-stuff-but-i/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/andrew-bird-4041_acoustic_my-head-is-full-of-shifting-patterns-and_1449122.png) > [Usually bands with violins - it's this little, poorly amplified looking kind of futile on stage, and that's not the way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/usually-bands-with-violins-it-s-this-little-poorly-amplified-looking/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/andrew-bird-4041_amplified_usually-bands-with-violins-it-s-this-lit_1489016.png) > [With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/with-the-words-a-lot-of-things-start-with-questions-some-word-kind-of/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/andrew-bird-4041_care_with-the-words-a-lot-of-things-start-wit_2127099.png) > [The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-instrumental-record-is-a-bit-subtler-it-s-the-kind-of-stuff-on/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/andrew-bird-4041_bits_the-instrumental-record-is-a-bit-subtler_617822.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/there-s-kind-of-this-unequaled-thrill-of-playing-a-half-finished-song/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/andrew-bird-4041_adventure_there-s-kind-of-this-unequaled-thrill-of_188482.jpg) > [The first splurge of creativity is kind of free, and the last 30 percent is painstakingly hard work, but it's good to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-first-splurge-of-creativity-is-kind-of-free-and-the-last-30/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/andrew-bird-4041_asks_the-first-splurge-of-creativity-is-kind_876173.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/in-new-york-i-m-playing-in-a-church-solo-doing-instrumental-stuff/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/andrew-bird-4041_church_in-new-york-i-m-playing-in-a-church-solo_2118828.jpg) > [I have the barn, it's just kind of like a studio. Almost all artists have la studio to work in, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-have-the-barn-it-s-just-kind-of-like-a-studio-almost-all-artists/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/andrew-bird-4041_art_i-have-the-barn-it-s-just-kind-of-like-a_470799.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/anyway-i-m-digressing-but-this-is-just-kind-of-this-10-and-a-half/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/andrew-bird-4041_ambient_anyway-i-m-digressing-but-this-is-just-k_3071190.png) > [The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear... it had a huge affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-fact-that-i-wasn-t-expected-to-read-music-at-all-and-was/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/andrew-bird-4041_absorb_the-fact-that-i-wasn-t-expected-to-read_1399585.png) > [I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-think-when-i-was-pretty-young-i-got-really-into-the-tone-of-my/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a6/andrew-bird-4041_feel_i-think-when-i-was-pretty-young-i-got-re_241944.png) > [The orchestra's an amazing instrument, but I don't want to just arrange my songs for it. I think that might be kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-orchestra-s-an-amazing-instrument-but-i-don-t-want-to-just/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/andrew-bird-4041_arrange_the-orchestra-s-an-amazing-instrument-bu_3163566.jpg) > [I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-have-some-irrepressible-pop-impulses-to-write-an-appealing-concise/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e81/andrew-bird-4041_concise_i-have-some-irrepressible-pop-impulses-t_2236934.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## More by Andrew Bird > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-ve-always-felt-that-dark-lyrics-with-dark-music-is-pretty-useless/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-don-t-write-poetry-and-then-strum-some-chords-and-then-fit-the/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/there-s-kind-of-this-unequaled-thrill-of-playing-a-half-finished-song/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-think-when-i-was-pretty-young-i-got-really-into-the-tone-of-my/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [The anti-aging advert that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, 'Aah, I've used too much'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-anti-aging-advert-that-i-would-like-to-see-is-a-baby-covered-in/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-m-just-trying-to-get-my-body-in-shape-so-that-i-can-handle-it-it-s/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-way-i-work-i-m-not-a-confessional-singer-songwriter/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/since-i-first-picked-up-the-violin-i-ve-been-very-interested-in-tone/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/the-problem-is-when-you-re-working-with-orchestras-you-only-get-the/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-think-i-m-still-a-little-too-intense-for-my-own-good-sometimes/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-have-the-barn-it-s-just-kind-of-like-a-studio-almost-all-artists/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/there-s-always-a-tension-between-wanting-to-write-a-really-concise/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [Sometimes I just think we're not meant to fly halfway around the world in a day. That some kind of mutation is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/sometimes-i-just-think-we-re-not-meant-to-fly-halfway-around-the/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-write-a-lot-more-when-i-m-happy-because-you-re-hopeful-you-re/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) > [I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-ve-done-my-share-of-busking-and-it-s-fun-until-it-isn-t-there-are/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/andrew-bird/#itemlist", "name": "21 Kind Quotes By Andrew Bird", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew Bird" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/i-still-kind-of-believe-this-absurd-line-that-if-you-have-to-write-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02f/andrew-bird-4041_absurd_i-still-kind-of-believe-this-absurd-line_2930417.png", 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