Moments of unexpected sweetness happen when romance enters, which always happens in songs - if just for a split second.

I don't really listen to rock music anymore. But were I to write a song that sounded like it could be a rock song, I'd probably give it to the Pornographers, and I'd be excited to try to make it work.

Really good musicians don't think of "self-reflection."

I'm not that conscious of my writing, so pacing the lyrics doesn't really enter the picture.

The more I abandon ideas of myself as a musician, the better a singer I become.

I don't banter with the audience, cause I don't have anything to say to them, and I'm not feeling any sense of ease or camaraderie when I'm on stage.

I guess my guitar parts are usually precise, but the execution of those parts is downright treacherous, since I'm not very good on guitar.