Cass McCombs Quotes

I never saw myself as a folk singer.

I think Americana music is music that is generally more singer/songwriter oriented. It has more to do with the songwriting. The music, it's more like stories set to music.

I don't really think of myself as a folk singer.

I've always thought about myself as somewhat of a folk musician. I just write words. I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

I was kind of a sideman. Then I became kind of a singer-songwriter.

First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

I really get that some people like the roots-rock, storytelling thing that I was doing, and I'm proud of that.

I am at my core a singer/songwriter a la James Taylor or a la Billy Joel. It's not that I don't want to work with people, but I do just love doing my own thing.

If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.

James Taylor is the kind of person I always thought the word 'folksinger' referred to. He writes and sings songs that are reflections of his own life, and performs in them in his own style. All of his performances are marked by an eloquent simplicity.

I've always considered myself a folk singer, even though we strapped on Rickenbacker guitars and played pretty loud.

I'm not a musician making words to go with my music.

I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.

My brother sings. My brother is a singer-songwriter. His name is Parker Ainsworth. He changed his last name to his middle name.

I do write a lot of folky songs naturally.

I call myself a singer-songwriter influenced by the gospel and jazz tradition. Naturally, because of my lifestyle and love for nature, there's a lot of folk and Americana there because that's just my life.

I love Paul Simon... his lyrics.

I am a troubadour, a wandering minstrel.

I'm an old-fashioned folk singer. I stand in front of an audience with a guitar and a barstool.

My favorite songwriters are all solo artists.

When I first moved to London, there was talk of a folk revival, with annoying names like nu-folk that made me feel slightly ill.

I wouldn't ever classify myself as a singer. I see myself as a songwriter first.

That's really always been the music that I've been in love with, always the music that I've written growing up. Even through Pentatonix, folk music has been really my heart and soul.

Leonard Cohen is probably the greatest lyricist for music that's ever lived, you know?