When Hozier played SONiC BOOM in 2015, music director Brandy Taylor asked him the hard hitting questions about his home country of Ireland. Here’s what he had to say.

 

Play Pause

Hozier Clears Up Misconceptions About Ireland

Originally Aired: March 17, 2017

 

  • True of false: people from Ireland swear all the time. 

Yeah, it is a generalization, but I for one swear like a sailor. But it’s a healthy cursing, I think it’s done with good humor.

  • In Ireland everybody knows Bono.

Not quite, no. I’ve actually never met Bono personally! Ireland is a small place, but no, sadly not.

  • Everyone loves Guinness. 

I do drink Guinness and it’s appreciated by many, but I won’t say everyone.

  • People say there’s enough nutrients in a can of Guinness that you could live off Guinness. 

I’d say whoever made that up is a very clever marketer for Guinness. They used to, when you’d give blood, you used to get a half pint of Guinness to replenish you.

  • REALLY?

So when you’d give blood, not when I’d give blood, but back in my parents’ day. It was a great way for students to stock up on beer, if you know what I mean.

  • Everyone in Ireland is lucky. 

It’s a good country, it’s a great country. I think, the more I travel, the nicer it is to go home.

 

HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!!

 

Filed under: Hozier, St. Patrick's Day