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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.

Emily Haines

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Emily Haines
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 25
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Singer-Songwriter
New Delhi district
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The complete self-absorption, and childish indulgence and disregard, and having to feel as though everything you're doing is so people can live vicariously through you, so you have to pursue more and more unpleasant pastimes in order to satisfy the armchair people. That's a kind of scary existence.
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I have an identity crisis which is not resolved because I'm a dual citizen. My whole family is American, and I was born in India but I was raised in Canada.
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We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.
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Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to keep a mental inventory of them and report them clearly to whomever might ask.
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Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.
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This is the thing I've noticed is that the greater the distance between you and any ordinary task is the measurement of how much rockstar potential you have.
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[When] you're a writer, you know that a lot of times you have to sneak up on yourself in order to achieve what you want to achieve, and sometimes you don't even know what it is until you've done it.
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I think that every band is different, and in fact that's one of the biggest problems with the old-school music industry is that... one band would be successful according to a certain approach, and then every other band in the label gets sent down the same tube.
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[When I happen to] read interviews where people are such pros and they come out looking so good, [it comes off as] a little smug or something.
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I like the idea of interviews where you just talk about stuff instead of where it's my chance to talk to my public through something else.
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It's very hard to separate what is a conscious decision and what's not.
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In my imaginary utopian world there would be a greater allegiance between music writers and musicians.
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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.
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It's not my fault that people are perverts.
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Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.
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I think more like Charlie Chaplin than like Jennifer Anniston.
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I like the idea that you would participate in mainstream culture, especially for young girls and young kids who are looking for an alternative. It's not that I'm superior, but I know that my heart is in it more than people who get into music for other reasons.
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You don't want to be conscious of everything.
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Life is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.
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You feel like you're trying to show off your cool by mentioning the five bands that you know are great and the five books that will reflect well on you. I can't do it. I should take the time to but I don't want to take the time to do that.
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