3 December 2020 Andrew Bird 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.
3 December 2020 Andrew Bird I don’t write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
3 December 2020 Andrew Bird Honestly, I didn’t have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.
3 December 2020 Andrew Bird My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
3 December 2020 Andrew Bird 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Andrew Bird Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.
