The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.
Emily HainesI do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just have to stop. And it's hard to.
Emily HainesThat's the main work that I've done in my life - really wanting to get past that gender trap where there's a certain nudity in poetry. It's not about showing my soul, it's about observations.
Emily HainesI have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada.
Emily HainesI love to read about music and about art, but I don't try and take things about mythology or guidelines as to how I'm to behave as an artist. It's the realm of intellectual debate. Actually, more and more my direction is trying to get further away from being self-conscious of what the parameters are of the mainstream, where it intersects with the underground.
Emily Haines