Author: Cass McCombs

Quotes

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 art is powerful because they're mysterious.

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 art is powerful because they're mysterious.

- Cass McCombs

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

- Cass McCombs

Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.

Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.

- Cass McCombs

I'm making music with my friends. It's fun. It should be fun. You shouldn't make music if it isn't fun.

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

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

- Cass McCombs

I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.

I don't care much about politics. That kind of witchcraft I stay away from because people end up dead. I'd rather die for music.

- Cass McCombs

I love songs because by nature they are concise; they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's usually funnier that way, anyway.

I love songs because by nature they are concise; they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's usually funnier that way, anyway.

- Cass McCombs

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 personalities and individual energies.

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 personalities and individual energies.

- Cass McCombs

I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything.

I grew up in the suburbs and was raised on rap radio, so it took me a long time to stumble upon the acoustic guitar as a resource for anything.

- Cass McCombs

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