Cass McCombs (born 1977 in Concord, California) is an American musician, best known for releasing a number of albums since 2002.
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.
You can't just explain a joke. Either it isn't funny, or the person just totally missed the punchline.
This is rock'n'roll, not classical music. It's about people working together.
Bringing the individual into it music only distracts from the universal and makes it trivial. And then it's easy to wash your hands of it because you might not be from their background, or you might disagree with their personal perspective. So you discount it and go back into your corner instead of coming out and engaging with everything.
It's the stupidest thing of all time, going on tour. It deteriorates the soul, but it's fun.
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.
As it turns out, it's really expensive to make movies, much more than records.
I think I try to do a lot of things to weed out casual fans.
It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.
Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.
Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person.
I think it's worthwhile to expand your comfort level and just do something awful. I wasn't trying to make music for money.
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 just like writing lyrics. I find a little satisfaction in performing live, making records. But primarily, I just try to write every day.
Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff.
When I was young, I used to go to Baha'i camp, and they taught me a lot about the equality of religions.
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.
I hate my voice. I've never been comfortable singing.
I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective.
I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know.