I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. — 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… — 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
When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I don't really write for an album. I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. It's… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher. — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like I finish a song, and there's another song that I have to write in response to that song.… — Cass McCombs Copy Share Image
I have been singing as long as I can remember. I used to be in choir; I used to do musical theater.… — 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
It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse.… — 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
I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would… — 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
