Glen Hansard also spoke about performing at last year’s Coachella festival with his band, The Frames.
He said there was a big difference between this year’s set, which started at 8:25 p.m., and last year’s, which he said was at noon.
“Us Irishmen, we fall apart” under bright sunlight.
And he wins the award for best analogy while trying to explain how he felt about the success of “Falling Slowly.”
“You know when you’re playing with a ball? And you hope you kick it and it goes far?
“This is like you kick the ball and it goes over the wall, and you think to yourself, ‘Did I really kick the ball that hard?’ ”
Later he gave away a man’s secret to trying to pull one over on women: “Sidestep, guffaw and slip into nonsense.”