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Glen Hansard

Glen Hansard

Irish Musician

Born: Apr 21, 1970

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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. Glen Hansard

And for some reason, when I'm sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that's actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up. Glen Hansard

The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning, put on the coffee and sit down to write. Glen Hansard

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The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present. Glen Hansard

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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. Glen Hansard

I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music. Glen Hansard

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Do I create conflicts for myself? Sure I do. Glen Hansard

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

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I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18. Glen Hansard

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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. Glen Hansard

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Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Glen Hansard

Singing Everything About Songwriting Well Learned

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. Glen Hansard

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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. Glen Hansard

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