Maybe I'm not giving people in the audience enough credit for actually thinking about what they're singing, but it's awesome when a rock'n'roll groove and melody can transport something from Barometer Rising or whatever [ed: it's from 1958's The Watch… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
No offence to Hugh MacLennan, but you don't even have to know or understand any deep philosophy that's being espoused, you can just have the feeling of those words together, and that you know them and can sing along with… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
Because I'm a musician aspiring to write good stuff and put on good shows, I'm hyperaware of what they're doing and what they're putting… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
My friend worked at a record store in Burlington and I really liked R.E.M. and a lot of music, but I didn't go to… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
I remember getting up and singing with them at Mile One arena in St. John's. It was such an honour that they asked me,… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
Ah come on, these streams of light are not so subtle. All along the ditch, signs of life in sinking puddles! — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
As with any music that one feels quite close to, I'm very critical, too. I care a lot. I pay a lot of attention. — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm not giving people in the audience enough credit for actually thinking about what they're singing, but it's awesome when a rock'n'roll groove… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
Despite everything that is going on our climate and injustice in our country, we can't forget to come together celebrate the number of times… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
I was just thinking of Rush. I went to see Rush a few years ago, because my record label guy in the States really… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
Music is amazing, because you get to take it into your office or your living room or wherever you get to know it, and… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard sometimes to… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
[Gord] Downie has become more animated than the early days, but he's still the same charismatic performer. And as a whole, that band is… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
My drummer right now, who was also the first drummer in Weeping Tile, Jon McCann, told me that [Hip drummer] Johnny Fay took drum… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
![“Maybe I'm not giving people in the audience enough credit for actually thinking about what they're singing, but it's awesome when a rock'n'roll groove and melody can transport something from Barometer Rising or whatever [ed: it's from 1958's The Watch That Ends the Night] into [Toronto's] Molson…” quote by Sarah Harmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/280/sarah-harmer-36335_audience_maybe-i-m-not-giving-people-in-the-audie_1416507.jpg)
![“Gord [Downie] does so much Waterkeeper stuff. They were involved in [protesting clearcuts at] Clayoquot Sound [in the early '90s]. It's hard sometimes to use the capital you have as a beloved rock band and put it to various causes, especially when they're a bit more controversial, like energy…” quote by Sarah Harmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9a/sarah-harmer-36335_band_gord-downie-does-so-much-waterkeeper-stu_2340767.jpg)
![“[Gord] Downie has become more animated than the early days, but he's still the same charismatic performer. And as a whole, that band is really the result of each individual member. If one member was not a part of it, it wouldn't be the Hip. They're all crucial to the whole thing.” quote by Sarah Harmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/302/sarah-harmer-36335_animated_gord-downie-has-become-more-animated-tha_2476490.jpg)
![“My drummer right now, who was also the first drummer in Weeping Tile, Jon McCann, told me that [Hip drummer] Johnny Fay took drum lessons from [McCann's] dad, who taught a lot of the drummers in Kingston. He said that when he was in Grade 9, the Hip were the model; the goal was to get an agent and…” quote by Sarah Harmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/08a/sarah-harmer-36335_agents_my-drummer-right-now-who-was-also-the-fi_2618738.jpg)