There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.

There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.

In Canada there's an extensive grant system that really allows people to make their work without having to suffer that much, and I'm staring to come around on that, that maybe people don't have to suffer. Maybe you can just not be unhappy and make beautiful music in Canada, maybe that's ok.

Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to actually live take a lot of courage.

I do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just have to stop. And it's hard to.

That's the main work that I've done in my life - really wanting to get past that gender trap where there's a certain nudity in poetry. It's not about showing my soul, it's about observations.

But its crazy - like ten percent a year increase of children taking fucking anti-depressants. Pre-schoolers are like, the most prescribed. That makes me so mad!