As you get older, you mellow, but there’s a natural propensity to watch what you say, ’cause you learn that you want more time and space to craft what you want to say because you’re less likely to want to say impetuous things, or things that aren’t thought-out properly. Gord Downie Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I think the health of our water is tied to a lot: the health of our communities, hence our economy, the health of our basic human rights. Gord Downie Read Quote
We’re not building a nuclear reactor here. We’re not drilling a mile beneath the surface of the ocean with no plan in case something goes wrong. This is making music, this is melodious air and people can hear what goes into it. Gord Downie Read Quote
I stand in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations and all Canadians who find themselves with no voice in our present version of democracy, who are trying to come up with the entry fee that gets them a seat at the table where their pollution future is being discussed. Gord Downie Read Quote
I kind of love walking around with something nobody else knows about in my back pocket. Gord Downie Read Quote
It’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 Read Quote
You know, Prime Minister Trudeau’s got me. His work with First Nations. He’s got everybody. He’s going to take us where we need to go. Gord Downie Read Quote
If you want to know what being Canadian is, it’s being part of the human race, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, which has been scared off, warded away, girded against. Gord Downie Read Quote
