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Joel Plaskett

(1975) Musician Canada

24 quotes in 192 categories

Joel Plaskett is a musician from Canada.

Quick Facts About Joel Plaskett

Born: April 18, 1975
Nationality: Canada
Profession: Musician

About Joel Plaskett

William Joel MacDonald Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s. Plaskett performs in a number of genres, from Americana and folk to hard rock, roots, and pop.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year

Quotes by Joel Plaskett

My dad brings a deep-seated knowledge of the British folk genre, and a lot of my love for guitar playing comes from…

British

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I've been really supported by my family and my wife. She really understands what I do, but it doesn't get any easier…

Balance

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I've had a lot of support from every corner of my life and my audience, to pretty much do close to what…

Audience

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I might be a teacher or something like that. I really like young people. I always think about the teachers I had…

Aspiration

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That memory of making the record is a huge part of the record itself.

Huge

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I care about the records I make and I love writing songs and some songs are really dear to me and they…

Activity

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I have the ability to go back to the old days with the boys and remember what it was like playing music.…

Ability

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I have enough of a fan-base that I don't feel it is going to evaporate. I don't feel like I have a…

Driven

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I hope people leave my show thinking they've had a worthwhile couple of hours. The worst thing you want is for people…

Couple

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I like New Orleans music, I like Memphis music and I like the way that the sound like those places. I like…

Cities

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The hour on stage is rarely a drag. In fact, I can't really say that its ever a drag. The few times…

Audience

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If your gig is not in an office for eight hours a day, its going to be somewhere. If you're a truck…

Bits

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What you're hoping for about the concert is an overall collective experience that everyone has and that you share with them and…

Audience

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The only thing worse than growing up is never quite learning how

Growing

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I've always had a fondness for language... English. Not that I use it correctly but I like words. I like books and…

Book

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I love playing and I like traveling. I really do like playing in Canada, its not to diminish anywhere else because touring…

Being cool

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When I'm preforming a lot I'm aching to get back in the studio but I love live performance. I love trying to…

Be spontaneous

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There's a reason that I love this town.

Inspirational

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I chose to go to Arizona, because it was an opportunity to make something that I've never done. To work with different…

Arizona

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I tend to pour myself into my music and I don't have a lot of other places my mind goes, unless it's…

Family

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When I'm recording a song, I wake up and I'm thinking about it. I go to sleep and I'm thinking about it.

Going to sleep

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Great art is a regional thing. I'm not saying my art is great. I recognize what I think is great about music…

Art

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I love singing. I've never felt I've had a great voice but I feel I've gotten better. It's funny. I can hear…

Aging

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We still need to have one beautiful lady standing there.

Beautiful

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