Top 29 Quotes by Cass McCombs

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

Music is the marriage of the feelings of the living to the wisdom of the dead.

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.

Sometimes I feel like I finish a song, and there's another song that I have to write in response to that song. Each is like its own separate feeling, its own separate universe.

I don't think I'm a particularly somber human being.

I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

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.

I have no idea what will become of my work in the future, the future folk will not be aware of our influence over them, as we are unaware of how our dead influence us.

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