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 tickles me. It's a wonderful way to engage with your surroundings, through poetry and songs. Cass McCombs More Quotes by Cass McCombs More Quotes From Cass McCombs I was just a folk singer. I cut my teeth on the streets, you know. Cass McCombs teeth singers cutting Lyrics are my racket; music is play - the fluff stuff. Cass McCombs racket play stuff A baseball team is like a band. Because, conceptually, there are no heroes in baseball - there's just the team. Cass McCombs team baseball hero 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 comfort trying thinking 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 my-friends should fun I've always littered my songs with jokes. You might need to dig a little deeper to find the humor, but I would totally object to being some kind of distraught personality. I've never tried to attach myself to that. Cass McCombs personality song needs I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being. Cass McCombs somber humans thinking Try to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover. Cass McCombs hangover mind trying 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 care kind people I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people; we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life, and I don't have a problem with that. This is a transitory world; we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it and holding on. Cass McCombs heart meaningful thinking I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story. Cass McCombs cutting heart song 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 drug sleep people I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend to be ignored. Cass McCombs writing giving people Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility. Cass McCombs folks action art Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling. Cass McCombs mind feelings writing Thank god we don't know a lot about William Shakespeare or Moses or Homer or Lautréamont. These are the best guys we got, and their art is powerful because they're mysterious. Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again. Cass McCombs guy powerful art I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able. Cass McCombs ready band able Musicians wake up and create a more loving community by creating heavier music. Cass McCombs creating musician community Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead. Cass McCombs music-is feelings Elvis Presley wore a Star of David and a cross around his neck and, when someone asked him about it, he said, "It makes me think." I love that quote. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's true. Cass McCombs simple beautiful thinking
