Explore Quotes by 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.

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

I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me.

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.

I wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able.

A lot of people don't know what it's like to actually be hungry. I do. I've also slept on the streets.

People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos - they just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.

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.