Quotes from Emily Haines

Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.

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

It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.

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

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

I do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just have to stop. And it's hard to.

I really love traveling, I love playing.

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.

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