Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew
Kevin Drewis a Canadian musician and songwriter who, together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Scene. He was also part of the lesser-known KC Accidental, which consisted of Drew and Charles Spearin, another current member of Broken Social Scene...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth9 September 1976
CityToronto, Canada
nice years over-you
I am 36 years old, I can't change. I have tried, trust me, but I can't. It's nice to get over yourself and just do it.
my-friends hard
Being off the road is one of the greatest things ever. It's hard for me to be around my friends who are on the road.
order law anxiety
I got a little lost in "Law & Order" and "Luther" and all those shows where it's basically women dying all the time, I had to stop watching that stuff because it fills me with anxiety. And I joined a gym.
singing sound albums
The new solo album sounds like me: I'm singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage.
appreciate pedestal one-love
Obviously, everyone loves someone who appreciates you and puts you on a pedestal.
way
Everybody has their own ways of wanting to do things.
baby song great-things
The great thing about "Shoot 'Em Up, Baby" is that it's the first song that we went and recorded [with Andy Kim].
song men gun
What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently throughout the years before we decided to get into a studio together, I wasn't sure if he wanted to do songs that were pre-written or what. We didn't know what we were getting into.
song different emotion
It's very hard for me to say "Do I have favorite?" because I find that each song represents a different sounds different emotions in Andy's [Kim] life. Particularly "Sister OK", 'cos that started everything.
honesty
We do have to remain true to the idea of honesty within what you want to do.
people listening selling
You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening.
done world popularity
You know and I know that as soon as it's done, you have to get it out there. You want what's best for it. And especially in owning a label, which some days is the greatest thing for me and in some days is my demise because you see the truth and the work that goes into things and you see things happen and you see things not happen, and all you want in this world of currency right now is popularity, that's it!
thinking artist expectations
As an artist, expectations are basically your enemy. If you're truly making something to make it, then you're not thinking about anything else except what you're making.
sometimes realizing dramatic
I could be dramatic and go "He saved my life!", but sometimes you just need to see it again. Sometimes you need to see that person want it so badly for all the right reasons, and it makes you realize that no matter what you do you already won.