Cass McCombs Quotes

Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.

I find that when I'm in a relationship, I'm just so 'in it,' you couldn't even call it an art; it's such embroilment. With a friendship, you can choose a little bit more how to behave. You can be guided more.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

It's important in a relationship to have moments when you do your own thing.

If I find the person that I love, it is because I love them, not because I will be dependent on them.

I was always an independent, even when I had partners.

When a man sees you are happy with him but you can be just as happy having nothing to do with him, that's when he won't want to leave your side.

Ice and I just live our own lives. I have to answer to him, and he has to answer to me, and that's it. We don't care about the outside world, and even though it can be harsh out there, we just have to deal with it.

I think its wonderful to have a relationship where you both go out and live your lives, and you bring something to the table because you've had other interactions.

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.

I think being independent gives you a different confidence about yourself. It gives you more power, especially in certain relationships.

I love being lost! I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. 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.

I've always been very independent. Even in relationships, I'm focused on the quality of my life and not enmeshing myself so much with somebody else's experience. But I think there's incredible value in being married.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

I don't need a man in my life.

I say I never wanna get married. I feel trapped with the idea of marriage. How can you really be with somebody forever? I'd get bored! As I get older, I don't settle. I'd rather tell somebody 'This is what I want - take it or leave it.'

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

Lovers should also have their days off.

How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone.

The best thing that can happen in a relationship is when you are the same person you were before the relationship started. You are not hiding anything, and you still have a life of your own. The other best thing is sex - that is a super positive.

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.

Independence is fun, especially when there's a beloved waiting in the wings, and freedom makes you a more interesting person. Having separate lives brings fresh air into a relationship.

Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.

I talk to my friends and, you know, they all seem to get relationships that aren't right. You kind of want someone who is not at your beck and call but loves the idea of being in a relationship and what that entails.

I'm so drastically independent; I don't tend to flourish in relationships.