Quotes by Glen Hansard

About Glen Hansard:

Glen Hansard is an Irish songwriter, actor, vocalist and guitarist for Irish group The Frames, and one half of folk rock duo The Swell Season. He is also known for his acting, having appeared in the BAFTA-winning film The Commitments, as well as starring in the film Once, which earned him a number of major awards and nominations between 2007–08.
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I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18.

Glen Hansard

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 I'd meet. Of course, all of it has ki...

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Keeping the pen out of your hand as much as possible is the best way to write a song, in my estimation. But the pen must come in to tighten it up.

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My life at home is super simple. My local bar with my mates, cooking for my mother, making tables, planting vegetables: It's the classic idea of the artistic existence.

Glen Hansard

Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And then I started thinking about this idea of sadness and happiness, and the idea that sadness is very loud, and happiness is quie...

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Our imagination just needs space. It's all it needs, that moment where you just sort of stare into the distance where your brain gets to sort of somehow rise up.

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My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.

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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.

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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.

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I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

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You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

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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.

Glen Hansard

Sometimes you give birth to something or you're part of a team that gives birth to an idea, and it grows and has a whole life of its own, and you feel grateful. It's just so humbling.

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Well, playing a guy who writes songs and busks on Grafton Street in Dublin and falls in love with Marketa Irglova wasn't very difficult for me. There was very little acting going on.

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I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you become a snob, your own worse critic. You edit yourself in a way that is non-creative.

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And I've always loved playing solo.

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Do I create conflicts for myself? Sure I do.

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There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.

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What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs.

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I won't say I've closed the door on acting.

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Author Bio

  • NameGlen Hansard
  • DescriptionIrish musician, songwriter
  • BornApril 21, 1970
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionActor; Street Artist; Singer