Cass McCombs Quotes

I'd like to think that what I've written over the years and what I'm doing now means something to people. People in the street all the time are saying "love the new record" or "I love that record," this tune or that tune. It means an awful lot, or it's been a big part of their lives. As a songwriter, what else would you really want? You're trying to connect with people, people's emotions, and maybe say something about their lives or feelings. That's probably a good enough compliment to receive, really.

There's always music that moves me. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's within the parenthesis of rock or blues, or whatever. It's usually far more reaching than that. It can be in many different genres.

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to.

For people to link my music to their lives, it's incredible, there's no other feeling like it.

I've had a lot of people come up to me after shows and tell me that "Dollhouse" really helped them with whatever they were going through with their families. I thought that was really amazing, that it could mean one thing for me but another thing for someone else.

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.

People get out of music what they want to get out of it, and all I try to do is do the same thing.

I guess that storytelling would be for me to keep making art that touches people in a way that nothing else can.

I don't know why people see the things that they do. I wouldn't pay to see them, they don't touch me or move me in any way.

But music seems to me to be the most closely identified with my soul. I mean, I feel that it’s the best for me. It just gets into the bloodstream so quickly, for no reason at all. You can close your heart, and you can sleep even with your eyes closed, but you can never close your ears.

A good song stays in your head because it's catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you.

I love soul music, that's my real love in life and in whatever shape or form it is.

When someone comes to me and says the music I've made has affected them emotionally, that's the most gratifying part of my job.

I still listen to older music a lot more than new singers. I listen to whatever's on the radio, but when I want to listen to something that moves me I put on a Stevie Wonder record.

It's just a sound, and a feeling that's in the music. And you either hear it and appreciate it, or you don't.

I write music, and I want people to listen to it and care about it and have it make some difference in their lives. When I'm fortunate for that to happen, then of course I feel very, very good about it.

It's really amazing to be a part of something that people have an emotional response to, even though it's a network sitcom. When you get a chance to meet fans or interact with them, you realize that there are a lot of people who the show speaks to, and that they really get something out of it, beyond just laughing. That's really fulfilling.

As a director, you try to do things that are going to touch the human experience somehow, and emotions that mean something to people. You search for those projects and you hope to realize the potential in a project.

The point is to let the music be itself. If it doesn't mean anything to you, then it's bullsh*t.

As a cartoonist, my single goal is to create people with whom, for better or for worse - and regardless of how embarrassing it sounds - I can "fall in love" and somehow feel something deeply about, and through.

The fact of the matter is, if you're not putting out stuff that people are feeling, then your record label doesn't mean a goddamn thing.

Our subconscious works in metaphors, stories, and word play. That's why a particular story or movie may mean more to some people than to others. Have you considered why you quest for this tale now?

When they're people who are your fans, you know, 'cause they really feel what you're singing, that's my favorite