Irish - Musician | April 21, 1970 -
I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.
Glen Hansard
WorkRestYouKnowImportantJust
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 kind of come to fruition.
LifeWaitingPeopleAmazingMy Life
Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking.
SingingSongwritingEverythingWell
If 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.
CityStandEnoughLongYouThree
As 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.
WorkMoneyPeopleEgoDownPlay
In Irish law, busking is considered vagrancy - you can be arrested for it. It's risky asking people for money in public. So it's not like it's a high-art job. And people who do it as a high-art job make very little money.
MoneyJobPeopleLawYouIrish
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.
BestSongPenHandWayPossible
I pick up my guitar and play. Something might come, and then the pen comes out. Then an edit, until something comes out that you're actually satisfied with.
GuitarYouPenPlayOutUp
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.
LifeGratefulTeamFeelYouBirth
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Glen Hansard quotes