Every time I get up in the morning, melodies occur to me and I start trying to shape lyrics to melodies. – Andrew Bird
Whats cool about indie rock is that one band can do effectively the same thing as another band, and one band nails it, and the other one doesnt. I like that elusiveness. – Andrew Bird
My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest. – Andrew Bird
My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when youre still learning language. Its using the same part of the brain. – Andrew Bird
My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off and on. For the first ten years of my life, we used to go backwards and forwards to Baghdad, so that was quite amazing. I spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East. – Andy Serkis
I have mentally overcome situations most of you would be terrified to ever attempt: heights, fire, needles, spiders, snakes, angry monkeys, being shot, being hit by a car, going blind – you name it, I have been in a situation where I have had to mentally overcome my inherent fears to do my job. – Criss Angel