Our imagination just needs space. Its all it needs, that moment where you just sort of stare into the distance where your brain gets to sort of somehow rise up. – Glen Hansard
My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything thats there. I want to get it all out. – Glen Hansard
Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quiet. – Glen Hansard
And for some reason, when Im sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music thats actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up. – Glen Hansard