Artistic Licence: O’Brien’s fine line

There are two types of censorship in life. There’s the censorship that other people impose on us, and then there’s the more dangerous, insidious kind: the kind of censorship we impose upon ourselves. Sometimes we don’t speak out about things because of fear of retribution.

Several years ago, I was interviewing Villagers mainman Conor O’Brien. A ferociously talented musician, he was delivering thoughtful responses about the making of his album. Then ...