I'd like to see a quiet album and go back to being sparse again, because this album is such a big album, ... I'd like to go back to being as sparse as we possibly can.
"Margo Timmins" is the lead vocalist of the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies. She is the sister of Michael Timmins, the band's lead guitarist and Peter Timmins, the band's drummer. Margo's ethereal vocals, paired with the band's spare and quiet songs performed at a languid pace, give the band its unique sound.
More Margo Timmins on Wikipedia.It's not that we don't want to be all over the radio, ... I'd love to have a hit single. However, I also want to be in the business a long time and longevity is something that we all wanted. In order to have that, you have to be true to what you do and to each other.
New Dawn Coming.
Success is a very difficult thing in a society where we dispose of what we like very quickly, before you even learn to play your instrument, ... So far, the record companies we have worked with have respect for us as musicians. I want to sell records and I need a record company to do that, but I don't want to sell myself.
This album has more layers of music, more guitars and more vocal sounds, ... Because there is a lot more music, I guess it is a little more upbeat, for lack of a better word and relative to our other stuff.
Everybody wants to change the world. But I guess how we want to change it is a little bit more quietly than other bands.
It's one of those songs that when we play for an audience it's interesting to see people's reactions. What do you think soldiers are? Where do you think they come from? All those soldiers have mothers and fathers. I always like a song that makes people think a bit.
He's the Bono of Canada. This sort of work that these guys do, they're not just talking about it all the time - they do it.
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