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.
Glen HansardAs a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego and get down to work. Play your songs, play them well, earn your money, and don't get in people's way.
Glen HansardIf you don't mark your successes, the day your ship comes in could be just another day at the office, and there's no poetry in that.
Glen HansardIf you stand still in any city long enough, you see everyone pass you by. So you're in Chicago. If you stand on the corner of Belmont and Clark, and you do that for three years, you'll pretty much have seen everybody in Chicago pass that junction.
Glen HansardMy dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.
Glen HansardCertain songs have a life, and certain songs don't. A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life. And then other songs are only really important for certain periods of your life, and you move on from them and find yourself not necessarily needing to sing them anymore.
Glen Hansard