Margo Timmins Quotations

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.

Every so often in the last 20 years, Hollywood has called, ... And every time they've called, we've answered ? because they have lots of money.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Well, you know, when you're putting together a show, you've got to be careful not to load it up with the new stuff. We have to play the songs that people want to hear, too. People may come thinking, "Oh, I've just got to hear this song." Or maybe they'll write me a letter saying a certain song is really meaningful to them, so we'll be sure to play those songs.

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.

Everybody wants to change the world. But I guess how we want to change it is a little bit more quietly than other bands.

Every so often in the last 20 years, Hollywood has called. And every time they've called, we've answered? because they have lots of money.

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.

When we do get to the point where things aren't good, we know how to smarten up and fix it before it gets ugly.