Glen Hansard Quotes

Rufus Wainwright is my go-to for any kind of emotion. He's got songs for all of it.

SAD!' is definitely one of my go-to songs when I want to vibe.

I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.

I got different moods. Like, if I'm in a good mood, I listen to 'Up' by Thug. If I'm not in a good mood, I'll listen to 'King TROUP' - that's a real emotional one.

I tend to want to listen to melancholy music, but sometimes if you're feeling too sad, you can't.

I don't really do sad, depressing songs.

If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.

I have an eclectic pallet of music that I listen to. It depends on my mood.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

There's never been a particular band that I've followed religiously. But I do tend to listen to sadder music.

Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through music.

I prefer black music in general.

If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.

The kind of music I like depends very much on my mood.

Certain emotions just take you to the notes - being furious, heroic, sad, erotic, when rain comes.

Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs.

Sometimes I wake up, and I'm a little bit grumpy, and I listen to soul. Sometimes I wake up, and I need some spirit, so I listen to rock n' roll. It depends on the mood I'm in.

My music is really my therapy. I really lay all my feelings into the songs, and really just leave 'em there. I don't carry that weight when I'm going throughout life. I'm not sad all the time.

Emotions fascinate me, just being able to express myself through acting. I love that. And I think, in everyday life, you're always trying to repress your emotions. Like if you're sad, you don't want to show it to someone else.

Music has been my way of expressing what I've been feeling.

My Bandcamp had a lot of bad and good music, but I relied on that to sort my feelings. My sadness will always be there, even in the happiness.

I chose 'Time' by Hans Zimmer because it's very melodic, and the way it progresses throughout the track is very unique. I am personally a very big fan of piano melodies, and to me, 'Time' is just perfect.

It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

I'm naturally sort of a sad person, and that comes out in my music, but when I realized how many people were listening to it... I wanted to be a little more conscious about what I was putting out and what people were going to be taking from it.

When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than when I write happy ones.