“I put a lot into my records, and I won't release anything I'm not totally thrilled with.” RecordsRelease Author:Andrew Bird
“I don't like to disappear between records. I like to play shows while I'm making the record.” PlayShowsRecordsDisappear Author:Andrew Bird
“I can't relate to the process of just disappearing and writing a record, all at the same time, followed by the sort of drudgery of going out on tour and trying to recreate the record, playing the same 12 songs every night.” WritingTryingI CanNightSongProcessRecordsDisappearRelateEvery NightGoing OutDrudgery Author:Andrew Bird
“I think any songwriter or record, no matter how good it is, can become tedious if it's the same person's point of view. After four tracks, you start to get worn down no matter how good it is. It can be relentlessly good, but it's still going to wear you out.” IfsThinkingPersonsStillsMatterViewsRecordsFourTrackPoint Of ViewWornSongwritersTedious Author:Andrew Bird
“Most records, you build from the drums and bass up. This one, we started with the vocals in Nashville and recorded them live with just the guitars and tried to make that complete and lovely-sounding without any adornment at all. I really wanted to get something with the vocal that I've never gotten before Armchair Apocrypha.” WantedRecordsGuitarLovelyVocalBassNashvilleArmchairsAdornmentDrum And Bass Author:Andrew Bird
“Every time I make a record, it's kind of like scarification or something. You work 15 hours until you're stupid. You're just kind of all jittery.” KindHoursRecordsStupidYou Re Stupid Author:Andrew Bird
“I finished touring the last record and I started recording new .I never really left the bubble, which is I think a good thing. I was just very focused. Maybe I should have taken a break or something, and not done such a long push.” ThinkingShouldLongDoneLastsLeftBreakTakenRecordsShould HaveGood ThingsFocusedFinishedBubblesTouring Author:Andrew Bird
“It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.” KnowsHalfRecordsLike YouKillingKilling Yourself Author:Andrew Bird
“You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.” EnoughSongRecordsExpectationsStudiosGood Enough Author:Andrew Bird
“I don't get particularly precious about things like this, though. Like the record company said, "We need a radio edit that delivers the hook" - I don't even know what they consider the hook in that song ["Oh No"] - "that delivers the hook sooner." So I'm like, "Okay. I see that." And they were all walking on eggshells, like is this going to be sacrilegious to me or something, to mess with this art I've created? And I'm like, "Great. I get to tinker with it, I get to mess with my song some more."” KnowsNeedsArtSaidSongCompanyRecordsWalkingOkayRadioMessHookEditsRecord CompaniesSacrilegiousEggshellsWalking On Eggshells Author:Andrew Bird
“The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start to play, the kind of melodies that just pour out of me. Some of them sound very classical. Some of them sound experimental, polyrhythmic loops that I make.” FirstsKindPlayStuffBitsSoundRecordsPicksChecksMelodyViolinLoops Author:Andrew Bird
“Anyway, I'm digressing, but this is just kind of this 10-and-a-half-minute, ambient - you hear cicadas and birds and the wind outside and crickets as I'm swelling the piece. I could never do that on a pop record. I could, but why would I want to be agitating?” WantKindHalfRecordsPiecesMinutesWindBirdPopsCricketSwellingAmbientCicadas Author:Andrew Bird
“There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier record. Or "Glass Figurine." That's my version of a relationship song.” PeopleTwoSongTakenRecordsConversationGlassesVersions Author:Andrew Bird
