15 Quotes by Emily Haines

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.

The architecture of the song, if it’s built properly, can withstand all kinds of things.

Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.

Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.

Lots of people take the option of not activating their own life, of really letting it happen.

It’s very hard to separate what is a conscious decision and what’s not.

For as long as I can remember, I have written songs because I wanted to, because I was experiencing something that couldn’t be described except through a sound.

It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.

Life is passing you by as you speak, you’re on a path and you’re all on the same path toward death.