Andrew Bird Quotes

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• Correlation across replicated environments adds a whole new dimension of complexity of the environment, ... You would expect most application groups to have the same…
• Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all
• Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs…
• You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction.…
• Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
• All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.
• Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.
• Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.
• Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.
• I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.
• I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
• I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.
• I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.
• I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.
• I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.
• 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 so…
• Music as a social conduit has always been important to me.
• My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
• No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.
• The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.

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