3 December 2020 Glen Hansard And for some reason, when I’m sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that’s actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up.
3 December 2020 Glen Hansard The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don’t understand people who get up at 9 o’clock in the morning, put on the coffee and sit down to write.
3 December 2020 Glen Hansard The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present.
3 December 2020 Glen Hansard My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that’s there. I want to get it all out.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Glen Hansard Our imagination just needs space. It’s all it needs, that moment where you just sort of stare into the distance where your brain gets to sort of somehow rise up.
