5 Quotes & Sayings By Jane Siberry

Jane Siberry (born May 27, 1952) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and an award-winning poet. She is the first female inductee to the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. Siberry has been described as an "icon" of Canadian music and the "Queen of the North". Her lyrics are characterized by their strong poetic images and often feature images of nature, particularly trees and flowers Read more

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Music is gathering. Taking our scattered thoughts and senses and coalescing us back into our core. Music is powerful. The first few chords can change us where no self-help books can. Jane Siberry
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I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog! Jane Siberry
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Acceptable food rots while we are chased from bins behind restaurants, chased from sleeping on the street, chased from relieving ourselves unless we pay for food or gas, until finally we are so hungry, sleepless, smelly, constipated and beaten-down that we simply die of lack of will to live. Jane Siberry
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'The Taxi Ride, ' from my second album, is one people want to hear a lot. I'm consciously trying to walk on the sunny side of the street, to really lift myself into a place of greater positivity, and that's a sad song. Jane Siberry