One of the wonderful things about music these days is that it's less cliqueish. — John K. Samson Music Copy Share Image
In my mind I still qualify as punk, though I know four out of five punks would disagree. — John K. Samson Disagree Copy Share Image
I've always viewed my career with some suspicion, like I don't want to count on it to be the only thing I… — John K. Samson Art Copy Share Image
There are definitely parts of me in most of the protagonists I write, but I find a bit of distance can be… — John K. Samson Able Copy Share Image
That's something I've certainly taken from writers like Gord Downie is that there is a whole potential for breaking out of meter.… — John K. Samson Rock song Copy Share Image
I think of Gord Downie voice as Whitman-esque. He has a poetic voice that contains multitudes, both the suppleness of the instrument… — John K. Samson Boundaries Copy Share Image
John Berger once defined music by saying that it began as a howl, became a prayer, then a lament, and still contains… — John K. Samson Defined Copy Share Image
A more detailed world is a more complicated and complex one, and therefore a more empathetic one. I feel Gord's Downie lyrics… — John K. Samson Accomplish Copy Share Image
I try to write lyrics that will be able to function on their own if they get separated from the music. But… — John K. Samson Able Copy Share Image
I do get a little shy about contemporary language and events, but I also enjoy the idea of dating myself, somehow, anchoring… — John K. Samson Acknowledge Copy Share Image
I think we all have a certain number of "coming of age" songs, and then a writer has to expand and grow… — John K. Samson Age Copy Share Image
I was listening to this interview with fiction writer George Saunders the other day, and he said something about how the role… — John K. Samson Fiction Copy Share Image
No one else writes like Gord Downie, so it's difficult to compare him. He can work in the abstract and still somehow… — John K. Samson Abstract Copy Share Image
In this frightening, anxious time to be alive it can be liberating to remember that nothing lasts forever. That can focus and… — John K. Samson Alive Copy Share Image
I listened to lots of other kinds of music, but punk is what allowed me to actually play music. — John K. Samson Kind Copy Share Image
I still think of myself as punk, because the way I became empowered to play music is entirely due to punk bands. — John K. Samson Band Copy Share Image
I always go into listening to a new record by Gord Downie solo or The Tragically Hip and think, "Well, I know… — John K. Samson Listening Copy Share Image
I would only listen to certain things, like a lot of teenagers do. But the Tragically Hip is a ribbon that's been… — John K. Samson First time Copy Share Image
