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. – 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
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
The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I dont understand people who get up at 9 oclock in the morning, put on the coffee and sit down to write. – Glen Hansard
Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces. – Anders Fogh Rasmussen