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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.

Emily Haines

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Emily Haines
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 25
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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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You don't want to be conscious of everything.
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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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I think more like Charlie Chaplin than like Jennifer Anniston.
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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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Believe in the power of songs.
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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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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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I'm a chick for sure.
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It's very hard to separate what is a conscious decision and what's not.
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I see how 14-year old girls react to me and I think I'm a good role model. Rockstar maybe not, but I'm willing to play with it for a little while, until my hair gets gray.
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The things that I've seen where people are trying to change the definition of what a band has to be, those are the things that end up being inspiring.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Lots of people take the option of not activating their own life, of really letting it happen.
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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 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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