Sarah Slean
Sarah Hope Slean, b. 21 June 1977
Although perhaps best known as a recording artist, in addition to releasing nine solo albums and contributing to a variety of other artists’ projects as a vocalist, pianist and arranger, the two time Gemini and three time JUNO Award nominee has consistently refined her singular voice as an artist by expressing herself in a variety of contexts; as an actress, appearing in films such as David Morton’s Black Widow (2005) and CJ Wallis’s Last Flowers, as a poet, publishing two volumes of poetry, Ravens (2004) and The Baroness (2008) and as a talented visual artist.
Slean attended Dunbarton High School in Pickering. She initially studied music at York University. She then completed a degree in music and philosophy at the University of Toronto.
“Because life is short. I feel we’re made of a hunger, a desire for life – if that can be described as a material. As I get older, I’m trying to open that channel more. If you don’t, if you close off desire and get complacent, life loses its freshness and sweetness, and that’s what I crave. That’s my bliss.”
“Is this the truth we knew, and then forgot?Maybe the lies are all that we've gotBut aren't they beautiful?”
“The truth will form and fall apart again.”
“Love me for stupid reasons,I like those most.”