15 Quotes by Emily Haines

Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to acutally live take a lot of courage.

Sometimes it’s better to live through someone’s work than the person themselves, and to realise that every human being is flawed, but through art they can be perfect.

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.

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.

I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don’t really believe in formulas.

I just write what comes to me. I didn’t sit down and say ok, here is my statement. It’s just a song that has a shout out.