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
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)