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
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
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