“People don't get that being a musician is a job, they don't get what the work takes. And that's just because you're living a dream, so everyone who's observing it from the outside can't really empathize with how much work it is because you're fortunate. And it's a kind of competition with yourself to stay away from all of the excess, whether it's booze or drugs or just the late nights with the addiction to watching the sun rise in some weird part of the world. But when you meet the other musicians, there's generally a spiritual exhaustion that you connect with.”
![“It's very hard for me to say "Do I have favorite?" because I find that each song represents a different sounds different emotions in Andy's [Kim] life. Particularly "Sister OK", 'cos that started everything.” quote by Kevin Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/755/kevin-drew-22547_different_it-s-very-hard-for-me-to-say-do-i-have-f_533177.jpg)
![“What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently throughout the years before we decided to get into a studio together, I wasn't sure if he wanted to do songs that were pre-written or what. We…” quote by Kevin Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/688/kevin-drew-22547_consistently_what-would-i-say-about-heaven-without-a_594213.jpg)
![“It's hard: you get older, you have a career, the normal frustrations that come with what you do when you wear your heart on your sleeve and you try really heard. I was exhausted, and I couldn't quite see the magic of creating at that time. That's all. I couldn't get into it, and Andy [Kim] slowly…” quote by Kevin Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b77/kevin-drew-22547_careers_it-s-hard-you-get-older-you-have-a-caree_812818.jpg)
![“I had never really written songs for anyone before. With [Broken] Social Scene, you're writing songs for others and your passing them around and exchanging things, but for a man who has the history that Andy Kim had, and has lived the life that he's had, you see such a youthful aspect of how he…” quote by Kevin Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0a1/kevin-drew-22547_aspect_i-had-never-really-written-songs-for-any_864668.jpg)
