Andrew Bird Quotes & Sayings

“Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. They're all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. They're tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.”

“I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.”

“I've always been fascinated and stared at maps for hours as a kid. I've especially been most intrigued by the uninhabited or lonelier places on the planet. Like Greenland, for instance, or just recently flying over Alaska and a chain of icy, mountainous islands, uninhabited.”

“Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies.”

“Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones.”

“I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.”

“I think when I was pretty young I got really into the tone of my instrument and I remember just playing one note for an hour to just kind of feel the resonance of the violin.”

“The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.”

“No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.”

“You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.”