No one else writes like Gord Downie, so it's difficult to compare him. He can work in the abstract and still somehow be really specific. He lets parts of his consciousness in that most writers aren't able to do, myself included. I don't feel like I have that access to the surreal and the somehow beautifully meaningful non-sequitur - that fits perfectly. I can never figure that out, how he does that.
I do get a little shy about contemporary language and events, but I also enjoy the idea of dating myself, somehow, anchoring a song in a specific tim… - John K. Samson
I do get a little shy about contemporary language and events, but I also enjoy the idea of dating myself, somehow, anchoring a song in a specific tim…
- John K. Samson
I've always viewed my career with some suspicion, like I don't want to count on it to be the only thing I do. Partly that has to do with feeling like… - John K. Samson
I've always viewed my career with some suspicion, like I don't want to count on it to be the only thing I do. Partly that has to do with feeling like…
I would only listen to certain things, like a lot of teenagers do. But the Tragically Hip is a ribbon that's been with me pretty much my entire music… - John K. Samson
I would only listen to certain things, like a lot of teenagers do. But the Tragically Hip is a ribbon that's been with me pretty much my entire music…
John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains the elements of all three. I thi… - John K. Samson
John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains the elements of all three. I thi…
I try to write lyrics that will be able to function on their own if they get separated from the music. But I wouldn't want to take anything away from… - John K. Samson
I try to write lyrics that will be able to function on their own if they get separated from the music. But I wouldn't want to take anything away from…
I think we all have a certain number of "coming of age" songs, and then a writer has to expand and grow into more varied and specific themes. And the… - John K. Samson
I think we all have a certain number of "coming of age" songs, and then a writer has to expand and grow into more varied and specific themes. And the…
I think of Gord Downie voice as Whitman-esque. He has a poetic voice that contains multitudes, both the suppleness of the instrument of his voice, an… - John K. Samson
I think of Gord Downie voice as Whitman-esque. He has a poetic voice that contains multitudes, both the suppleness of the instrument of his voice, an…
I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music. - John K. Samson
I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music.
One of the wonderful things about music these days is that it's less cliqueish. - John K. Samson
One of the wonderful things about music these days is that it's less cliqueish.
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