Author: Glen Hansard

Quotes

This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being great somehow makes your life valid.

This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being great somehow makes your life valid.

- Glen Hansard

My life at home is super simple. My local bar with my mates, cooking for my mother, making tables, planting vegetables: It's the classic idea of the artistic existence.

My life at home is super simple. My local bar with my mates, cooking for my mother, making tables, planting vegetables: It's the classic idea of the artistic existence.

- Glen Hansard

I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music.

I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music.

- Glen Hansard

I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18.

I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18.

- Glen Hansard

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.

- Glen Hansard

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

- Glen Hansard

You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

- Glen Hansard

If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.

If you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.

- Glen Hansard

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

- Glen Hansard

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