It was [actually] the only time we spoke to each other!
This is our attempt to say that we didn’t always have it together.
We were liars, we were homophobic, we hated ourselves, we struggled just like everybody else.
Tegan and Sara Quin on their 17th birthday.
“I’ll see myself in the audience at our shows,” Sara says.
“I see acne, body shame, awkwardness.
I want them to know that us back then was just like they are now.”
Sara on her electric guitar.
“We’ve always embraced technology.
We embraced Myspace, the digital movement, and moving music into streaming,” says Tegan.
“Why wouldn’t we?
“It’sgoodto be bored!”
But also going deeper, I’m glad that there was no immediate gratification, no immediate stardom.
We had time to develop.”
Even that process, though, came with its own caveats.
And we were like ‘Lord, everyone there knows we’re gay!
We talk about it in every interview.’
There were so many things we had to navigate with the press.
And we had no peers, really, for the early part of our career.
And others have no idea who we are.
And see a good role model a role model with flaws."
It sounds old-timey, but I don’t want to deny how long we’ve been around!
I just want to celebrate it."
But their publicist is signaling; there’s a lot more to get to today.
