Owen Pallett

Canada is the worst polluter in the world right now. There's absolutely no sign on a federal level that there's going to…

— Owen Pallett

I ended up writing songs by taking stock of all the different events in my life, but all those songs were bad.

— Owen Pallett

Its easy to gauge the worth of a man, just ask them what they think of Yoko Ono.

— Owen Pallett

I feel like people who actually know how music works on a technical level need to explain it to the rest of…

— Owen Pallett

I had identified discipline as a really important part of my life, in maintaining my sanity. It's kind of interesting when people…

— Owen Pallett

Discipline is not just about work, but about diet and about exercise and on a deeper level, about concentrating and making sure…

— Owen Pallett

I've always identified people's taste in music as being kind of hetero and/or homo - there's music people like because they feel…

— Owen Pallett

I have this weird thing where all the artists that I find myself engaging with the most are the ones that I…

— Owen Pallett

I feel as if dystopian and utopian representations are historically the most effective way of criticizing modern society. You know, because you…

— Owen Pallett

The thing is, when you're kind of creatively self-employed, your brain just kind of chooses the path of least resistance, so if…

— Owen Pallett

I was able to notice in a very early stage, there were discrepancies between the people who are writing the songs and…

— Owen Pallett

Writing for film is so different; it's such an act of submission, both on a monetary and time level, because you basically…

— Owen Pallett

I wanted to preemptively make myself as available as possible, so it would be impossible for anyone to form the wrong impression…

— Owen Pallett

I desperately want children. I want like four of them. But I will never have them, I mean at least with the…

— Owen Pallett

What better metaphor for the subliminal state than capitalism? This whole notion that you're trying to do good and make things good…

— Owen Pallett

I understand that in people's eyes, classical music is kind of a lost and dying art, but in my eyes, it's like,…

— Owen Pallett

Regarding gay and music, I don't actually think my music is particularly gay at all, because my music doesn't have sex with…

— Owen Pallett

I think the cornerstone for my impetus for doing arrangements for people is because I want to be an enabler. That is…

— Owen Pallett