Top 33 Quotes by Glen Hansard

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

What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs.

Sometimes travelling really intensely for a long time is like having a continuous nervous breakdown.

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

There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.

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

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.

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

I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the air.

Do I create conflicts for myself? Sure I do.