Cass McCombs

Musicians wake up and create a more loving community by creating heavier music.

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

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.

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

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 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.