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.
Andrew BirdThere is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.
Andrew BirdI create little challenges for myself, like, 'Okay, whatever you do in this song, you've got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,' or something like that.
Andrew BirdI really believe there's more honesty in one live show than there may be in my whole output.
Andrew Bird