I love being lost! I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone. I think I have some very meaningful relationships with people, we all do. At the same time, I recognize that everyone is following their own heart; there's been people who have left my life and I don't have a problem with that.
Cass McCombsI don't have a problem doing interviews. It's not punishment. There's things about it that I don't like. No one else is really saying these kinds of things, so someone has to. I don't think that it's the most humbled thing to talk about yourself for hours and hours and hours.
Cass McCombsAll these biopics and biographies and people gossiping about so-and-so's drug abuse or who's sleeping with who, it's just a bunch of nonsense.
Cass McCombsTry to keep your mind. Try not to eat bad, try not to wake up with too bad of a hangover.
Cass McCombsThat's what I mean by "Western morality," is the lack of morality. There is none. People are out for themselves, and they'll stab you in the back.
Cass McCombsThank god we don't know a lot about William Shakespeare or Moses or Homer or Lautrรฉamont. These are the best guys we got, and their art is powerful because they're mysterious. Once biographical information contaminates your consciousness, it's impossible to erase it and look at someone's work the same way again.
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