Connections Quote by Sarah Harmer
“Music is amazing, because you get to take it into your office or your living room or wherever you get to know it, and later you bring all those personal connections into a room with thousands and thousands of people.”
![“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)
![“The social [media channel] isn't about beauty contests and popularity contests. They're a distortion, a caricature of the real thing. It's about trust, connection, and community. That's what there's too little of in today's mediascape, despite all the hoopla surrounding social tools. The promise…” quote by Umair Haque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c85/umair-haque-25881_beauty_the-social-media-channel-isn-t-about-bea_1270.jpg)
