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title: "2 Busking Quotes By Glen Hansard"
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> [Everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Busking, you learn people, you learn about reading people. You learn about reading the atmosphere of the street. If you stand still in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/everything-about-singing-i-learned-from-busking-everything-i-learned/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

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> [In Irish law, busking is considered vagrancy - you can be arrested for it. It's risky asking people for money in public. So it's not like it's a high-art job. And people who do it as a high-art job make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/in-irish-law-busking-is-considered-vagrancy-you-can-be-arrested-for/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

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## Other authors on Busking

- [Tones and I 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busking/tones-and-i/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-passenger-73356.jpg) Passenger 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/busking/passenger/)

## More by Glen Hansard

> [I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/i-busked-from-the-age-of-13-until-i-was-18/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [Everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Busking, you learn people, you learn about reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/everything-about-singing-i-learned-from-busking-everything-i-learned/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [And I've always loved playing solo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/and-i-ve-always-loved-playing-solo/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [ I think ultimately, people are selfish in that department \[blues\], in a good way - the reason we're attracted to art is because it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/i-think-ultimately-people-are-selfish-in-that-department-blues-in-a/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/the-muse-holds-no-appointments-you-can-never-call-on-it-i-don-t/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [This weird thing that musicians have... it's got something to do with approval, and not feeling good enough, and therefore going out and being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/this-weird-thing-that-musicians-have-it-s-got-something-to-do-with/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/the-moment-of-drifting-into-thought-has-been-so-clipped-by-modern/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [Certain songs have a life, and certain songs don't. A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/certain-songs-have-a-life-and-certain-songs-don-t-a-song-is-like-a/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [My life at home is super simple. My local bar with my mates, cooking for my mother, making tables, planting vegetables: It's the classic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/my-life-at-home-is-super-simple-my-local-bar-with-my-mates-cooking/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [I'm not an actor, and I'll never call myself an actor. I've never thought of it as part of my life. I'll always be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/i-m-not-an-actor-and-i-ll-never-call-myself-an-actor-i-ve-never/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [You know, when I was a kid waiting on the bus, I remember that was when I imagined my life. I imagined everything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/you-know-when-i-was-a-kid-waiting-on-the-bus-i-remember-that-was-when/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/you-know-albums-are-a-funny-thing-they-re-not-like-an-intellectual/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings. Like it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/you-know-albums-are-a-funny-thing-they-re-not-like-an-intellectual-2/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [As a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/as-a-busker-one-thing-that-does-not-work-is-self-consciousness-a/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

> [“Let me off this boat, im sick of this ride.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-hansard/let-me-off-this-boat-im-sick-of-this-ride/)

[Glen Hansard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-hansard/)

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