I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
Andrew BirdNorman is a very up-close, personal, character drama and I'd like to do something more zoomed out, a little more pastoral, some sweeping epic. I'd like to try something different.
Andrew BirdPeople who are thinking about your music almost as much as you are, that almost never happens.
Andrew BirdWhat you see at the Field Museum is only like, 10 percent of the collection. It's birds of paradise and passenger pigeons and in all these drawers that pull out, these specimens come out and it's spectacular. And it worked out.
Andrew Bird