Quotes by Glen Hansard

“You keep sending out these little paper boats, and hope that someday one will come back laden with gold.”

“I dont particularly put myself in a bad place just so that I can write. Its not like that at all. I try to live a good life and some of the songs are reflective of that too. I certainly wouldnt describe a lot of the songs as being angry.”

“Things really stepped up for us over here after that tour, ... And its funny, because up to that, things were really grooving along — the records were on sale and in stores, and everything was moving along really nice — but then we did the Damien Rice tour, and it opened up this whole new audience to us. It put us on a whole different level. Well, not a level, but a whole different place with a new audience, which I kind of found exciting and a little bit strange.”

“Things really stepped up for us over here after that tour. And its funny, because up to that, things were really grooving along — the records were on sale and in stores, and everything was moving along really nice — but then we did the Damien Rice tour, and it opened up this whole new audience to us. It put us on a whole different level. Well, not a level, but a whole different place with a new audience, which I kind of found exciting and a little bit strange.”

You know, when I was a kid waiting on the bus, I remember that was when I imagined my life. I imagined everything that I was gonna be when I grew up and I imagined all of these amazing journeys and amazing people Id meet. Of course, all of it has kind of come to fruition.

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.

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.

If you dont mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and theres no poetry in that.