I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. Cass McCombs More Quotes by Cass McCombs More Quotes From Cass McCombs I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation. Cass McCombs jobswaythinking Opinions only carry weight in the second or third person. Cass McCombs third-personopinionweight 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 rapguitarlong It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice. Cass McCombs insultdifferencesadvice 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 usesongtrying With death comes a choice. And death is a choice. Cass McCombs choices I don't know about timeless. I actually think most of what I do is completely modern, but universally modern. Who decides what timeless even means? Are the things that we consider timeless now going to, in fact, be considered timeless in 300 years? Probably not. Cass McCombs modernmeanthinking I don't have a problem doing interviews. It's not punishment. There's things about it that I don't like. No one else is really saying these kinds of things, so someone has to. I don't think that it's the most humbled thing to talk about yourself for hours and hours and hours. Cass McCombs kindproblemthinking I don't think anyone knows anything and I don't trust people who say that they do. Don't give me a plan, give me action. Cass McCombs givingpeoplethinking This is a transitory world, we're all spirits just looking for love and finding it, and holding on. Even if it's a moment it's true love, true love doesn't mean that it goes on for eternity. Eternity is a terrible concept. Cass McCombs looking-for-lovemeanworld I love being lost! I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. 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. Cass McCombs heartlove-ismeaningful That's the thing about inspiration, it just smacks you upside the head, you can't plan for it. It comes like a stranger in the night; you never know when it's going to come or leave, and you just have to deal with the in-between moments because there's nothing you can really do about it. Cass McCombs strangerinspirationnight It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born. Cass McCombs museinspirationsong The writing of the record didn't take long, because I just have a huge stack of papers and I just pluck from the stack. It took a long time because it's very expensive to make records; in fact, I think it's a complete rip-off. Cass McCombs writinglongthinking I don't really write for an album. I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me. It's all a complete accident. Cass McCombs writingsong I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's not paycheck at the end; it's more of a "whatever is left over" kind of situation. Also, it keeps me from thinking about my creativity as a business, which it is not. It should remain pure; that's one of the reasons I made music in the first place. Cass McCombs creativitykindthinking I think a master craftsman is someone who is unpretentious. He has a physical object in front of him and, while he works with a higher aim, he doesn't let his personality get in the way of his art. It's simply about the task at hand and to make it as functional and necessary to the world as he can. Cass McCombs personalityartthinking I miss working. It's real, you know? But I don't know anything but songwriting, and I don't even know that. I didn't go to school; the only thing I know how to do is this. The only thing that I know is that I know nothing. Cass McCombs realmissingschool I do like the word timeless. That's a great word. Cass McCombs timeless 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. Cass McCombs individualperspectiveeasy
