I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music. Glen Hansard music bless guess Change image and share on social
What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs. Glen Hansard snob pick pen Change image and share on social
Sometimes travelling really intensely for a long time is like having a continuous nervous breakdown. Glen Hansard breakdown long nervous Change image and share on social
There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well. Glen Hansard sit subject people Change image and share on social
You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings. Glen Hansard intellectual collection album Change image and share on social
I choose to believe that there is good in people and that everything is a lesson. Our place on Earth is to go deeper, to somehow get wiser. To have spirit. Glen Hansard choose wise deep Change image and share on social
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. Glen Hansard find reason sad share on social
I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it. Glen Hansard miserable time guitar Change image and share on social
In Irish law, busking is considered vagrancy - you can be arrested for it. It's risky asking people for money in public. So it's not like it's a high-art job. And people who do it as a high-art job make very little money. Glen Hansard busk arrest public share on social
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. Glen Hansard life felt weird Change image and share on social