My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
Andrew BirdAll the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.
Andrew BirdAnyway, 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?
Andrew Bird