Gord Downie

Musician

1964-02-06

Quotes by Gord Downie

• Our sound is nothing like the Doors.

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• As you get older, you mellow, but there's a natural propensity to watch what you say, 'cause you learn that you want more time and space to craft what you want to say because you're less likely to want to say impetuous things, or things that aren't thought-out properly.

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• We were big Clash fans, you know, big Who fans and I think we would listen to this music and talk about music and do nothing but music night and day, and when it came time to actually making our own music, you feel compelled to sort of tuck all those influences away, not show them.

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• I work every day. I write every day. I walk around in silent conversation with my latest unfinished songs.

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• Rock 'n' roll is not unlike love. You find it oddly strangely comforting that no matter how old you get, when it comes to matters of the heart, you're always 15 inside.

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• If we weren't in this band, some of us wouldn't be playing at all. You have tiffs with someone when he has smelly feet in the touring van, but we all respect each other as friends first.

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• I've always liked R.E.M. because, like so many things I like, they exude a warmth; I like to think that we do, too.

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• To be honest, I think affiliation is anathema - if you're a rock 'n' roller, you're a lone wolf.

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• It will take 150 years or seven generations to heal the wound of the residential school.

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