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Gord Downie
1964 – 2017 • Canadian • Musician
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Showing 6 quotesIt's time to listen to the stories of the Indigenous; we are blessed as a country to look to the wisdom of a really old country.— Gord Downie
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Wisdom
Music brings people together. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in.— Gord Downie
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Music
I have no illusions of the future. Or maybe it's all illusion. I don't know. I've always been ready for it.— Gord Downie
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Future
Bob Rock taught me a lot. His friendship has taught me a lot about what you should expect from a recording session and, more importantly, how you shouldn't expect anything less than absolute joyousness. You should feel great. You should feel 14 to be doing it. It's true and it's rare.— Gord Downie
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Friendship
I think you have to show people it's cool and fun to work together. It's your obligation. If you can't do it, who can you expect to do it?— Gord Downie
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Cool
I like hanging with my family and helping them on their way however I can. There's a new tragicomedy every half-hour, there is laughter, there are tears, and it's all real. They are endlessly entertaining, they have given me so much, they've given me a chance to 'see' things again.— Gord Downie
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Chance