The complete self-absorption, and childish indulgence and disregard, and having to feel as though everything you're doing is so people can live vicariously through you, so you have to pursue more and more unpleasant pastimes in order to satisfy the armchair people. That's a kind of scary existence.
Emily HainesThere are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.
Emily HainesThe nature of making music and making art, what motivates me is that it's interesting. It's interesting to listen, to really listen to other people's point-of-view. Take in their work. Listen to the way they sing. Listen to the way they write lyrics. What they are trying to express.
Emily HainesLife is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.
Emily Haines