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Andrew Bird

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Andrew Bird belongs to that rare category of people whose words are more famous than their biography. Their thinking spans from Travel to Technology, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Our collection holds 12 quotes from Andrew Bird, each offering a different angle on Travel, Technology, Science, Romantic, and Poetry. Perhaps their most recognizable line: "I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords."

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

— Andrew Bird

Morning

All Quotes by Andrew Bird

“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

Patience

“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.”

— Andrew Bird

Technology

“What's 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 doesn't. I like that elusiveness.”

— Andrew Bird

Cool

“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.”

— Andrew Bird

Hope

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

— Andrew Bird

Morning

“My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.”

— Andrew Bird

Imagination

“There's a lot of interesting words, nomenclatures, in science.”

— Andrew Bird

Science

“My mom had this romantic notion of her children playing classical music. The idea is you learn it when you're still learning language. It's using the same part of the brain.”

— Andrew Bird

Learning

“I don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.”

— Andrew Bird

Poetry