Andrew Bird
Musician
1973-07-11
Andrew Bird is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He is known for his violin-driven indie music and albums such as Armchair Apocrypha and Noble Beast.
Books by Andrew Bird
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Web Development with Django
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Quotes by Andrew Bird
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All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.
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I don't want technology to take me so far that I don't have to use my brain anymore. It's like GPS taking over and losing your internal compass. It's always got to be tactile, still organic.
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A day off after a show with no agenda in a foreign city is about the most fertile creative situation I can imagine. Just walking with nothing to do, killing time and hearing the sights and sounds of an unfamiliar place.
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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.
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Since I first picked up the violin, I've been very interested in tone and texture: I would have very visceral reactions to the texture of a snare drum or a pedal steel guitar or a violin.
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Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.
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