Honestly, I didn't have the ...

Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.
 Andrew Bird

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I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.
 Andrew Bird
Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.
 Andrew Bird
The melodies come out so strong that I'm like, "Oh, crap." It's really better if they could both be kind of able to compromise, but the melodies, even more recently, they come out very fully cast and formed.
 Andrew Bird
The weirdest time is when I'm having to explain myself all day to journalists, and then I don't perform, so there's no release, just a lot of self-consciousness. Then what do you do with that at the end of the day? How do you release your brain from talking about yourself all day?
 Andrew Bird
I still kind of believe this absurd line that if you have to write it down, it's not worth remembering.
 Andrew Bird