Emily Haines Quotes
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That'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.
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This is the thing I've noticed is that the greater the distance between you and any ordinary task is the measurement of how much rockstar potential you have.
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It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.
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Certain audiences get the double meaning and some of the references and ironies, but there's definitely been shows where I feel like I'm not doing it well enough for it to come across as anything other than "oh, she's hot and she's dancing."
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I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.
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Believe in the power of songs.
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I 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.
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It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.
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There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.
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The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until you have created it.
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The 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.
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I try not to focus on the gender issue too much but I think you have to acknowledge it in order for it to go away.
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I am really inspired by writers, and weirdly - respect music journalists, which I think makes me the exception amongst most musicians. I think it's a craft. I think it's been really neglected - sadly. I think about the days of the great legendary rock critics. Who's going to become that when magazines and newspapers don't pay anyone properly or don't seem to respect the history or research that is required?
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I'm a chick for sure.
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I really love traveling, I love playing.
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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.
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I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession and basically the bane of my existence is caring probably too much about every word, but it's too late to change my career path.
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You feel like you're trying to show off your cool by mentioning the five bands that you know are great and the five books that will reflect well on you. I can't do it. I should take the time to but I don't want to take the time to do that.
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Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.
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I always felt like I had to leave Canada, which I think is a common perspective - feeling as if you have to leave because otherwise you'll be too soft, and that objective reality exists in America. And I'm starting to feel like that doesn't have to be the case.
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When I happen to read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, it comes off as a little smug or something.
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You don't want to be conscious of everything.
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Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.
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Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.