“You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio.” Quote by Andrew Bird
“I have some irrepressible pop impulses to write an appealing, concise song. And I also have some irrepressible kind of restlessness as well, and I need to keep myself interested. When I'm left to my own devices, there's a struggle.” NeedsWritingWellsKindSongLeftMy OwnStrugglePopsImpulseDevicesRestlessnessConciseIrrepressible Author:Andrew Bird
“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” InspirationalHardMotivationalSuccessGrowsHard WorkTrainingHardshipWeedMarijuanaHardworkHardworkingHardwork And DeterminationHard Work Comes SuccessMotivation And Hard WorkHard Work And DedicationWork DedicationTraining Hard Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“There's always that struggle between me wanting to keep [song] new and fresh and then be - I can never get with pop songs being so repetitive.” I CanSongStrugglePopsRepetitivePop Song Author:Andrew Bird
“I'm coming from a place that's more experimental and indulgent already, so for the last 10 years, it's been more like, "How can I defend my own sensibilities by writing a nugget of a little catchy pop song?" That's how I'm stretching myself, by writing something really simple.” WritingYearsLittlesLastsSongMy OwnSimplePopsSensibilityStretchingPop SongCatchyNuggets Author:Andrew Bird
“Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.” ThinkingSometimesMatterWholeHappensChoicesInstinctFollowing Author:Andrew Bird
“I haven't sworn off Facebook. I'm on Facebook. There's a fan page on Facebook that I will update, but I'm on there myself under a pseudonym, because there were a lot of people able to private-message me on Facebook, and it was getting really weird. And then with MySpace, I just don't read messages. I delete everything, and I just post updates every now and then.” PeopleAbleFansHavensMessagesPagesPostsNow And ThenReally WeirdUpdatesPseudonyms Author:Patton Oswalt
“I'm such a bookworm, and I'm such a people-watcher. It took the Internet a while to catch on in Ireland, because the culture there is, you go to the pub and talk to people there, and that's how you get the news and all the gossip. You just do it face to face. And culturally, you just couldn't understand.” PeopleFacesCultureInternetNewsGossipIrelandFace To FaceJust Do ItPubsWatchersBookworms Author:Patton Oswalt
“I just pay attention to what's in my head. That's my number-one rule.” NumbersPayAttentionPay Attention Author:Andrew Bird
“I update my MySpace every day, I update my Facebook fan page, but that's about the extent of it. I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day. I'm on the phone every day. There's like five people I just call and yak with every single day. And that to me is my Internet. You can replace the Internet with five really smart friends.” PeopleWantFiveFansInternetConversationPagesSmartPhonesReally SmartUpdatesYaks Author:Patton Oswalt
“If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing.” IfsThinkingLittlesHelpingCertainValuesSongChoicesChallengesMy OwnCreatingSkinsWeightGreekInternalsRitualImaginaryCypriots Author:Andrew Bird