In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to say the least. We can show people being murdered on television, but I'm not able to say "chickenshit" in public. At the same time, I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

Stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and open and reach out and speak up, this is utopia.

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet.

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher.

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.

I think some fans want everything to stay they same because they want to stay the same.