Cass McCombs Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• 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

  Song, Heart, Cutting

• 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

  Song, Inspiration, Muse

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Song, Personality, Needs

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. November 3, 2011.

• 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

  Song, Writing, Challenges

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Song, Trying, Use

• 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.

  Cass McCombs

  Song, Teacher, Writing

  Source: pitchfork.com

• When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.

  Cass McCombs

  Song, Writing, Eye

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I couldn't write a political song. There's just opinion; it's all arbitrary anyway. It's all subjective.

  Cass McCombs

  Song, Writing, Political

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I have been singing as long as I can remember. I used to be in choir; I used to do musical theater. I'd prefer not to sing my own songs, but there you have it.

  Cass McCombs

  Song, Long, Musical

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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

  Song, Writing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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