I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Musicians wake up and create a more loving community by creating heavier music. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean that I'm overly enthusiastic about much music. Except the people that really touch me. It has to touch me,… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
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… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician.… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I love songs because by nature they are concise; they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Making music and art is about expressing something that's universally human, maybe even beyond human, at best. To make it about the… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Bringing the individual into it music only distracts from the universal and makes it trivial. And then it's easy to wash your… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
When you're playing festivals, you only get a half-hour. It's like a meat market. You don't get to be artistic. You don't… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
It's just a joy to be able to work with a lot of different musicians. When you play with great musicians, whether… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I took piano lessons when I was a little kid, but even before that, you're singing in the classroom and wherever. Gosh,… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
It's not my way to talk about my feelings. They're impudent to myself, so it wouldn't make any sense if I tried to explain… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
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… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
All these biopics and biographies and people gossiping about so-and-so's drug abuse or who's sleeping with who, it's just a bunch of nonsense. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
A lot of religious texts make for good reading. That's why they hold up. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I don't like the word "happy." I wouldn't want to use it that context. I enjoy writing songs, it's a really good challenge, it… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
It doesn't mean that I'm overly enthusiastic about much music. Except the people that really touch me. It has to touch me, it has… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
