Andrew Bird

• "What's cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesn't. I like that elusiveness.“
• "You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.“
• "My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.“
• "My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.“
• "My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.“
• "Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.“
• "Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.“
• "I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.“
• "My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.“
• "There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.“
• "I don't want technology to take me so far that I don't have to use my brain anymore. It's like GPS taking over and losing your internal compass. It's always got to be tactile, still organic.“
• "You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.“

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