I don't really write journals and stuff and then adapt them to music, it's completely within the form of the song. My great obsession and basically the bane of my existence is caring probably too much about every word, but it's too late to change my career path.

I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their own path and have the inspiration and the drive to, and the energy and dedication to take their path to its fruition. I don't really believe in formulas.

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

The architecture of the song, if it's built properly, can withstand all kinds of things.

I always felt like I had to leave Canada, which I think is a common perspective - feeling as if you have to leave because otherwise you'll be too soft, and that objective reality exists in America. And I'm starting to feel like that doesn't have to be the case.

It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.

For as long as I can remember, I have written songs because I wanted to, because I was experiencing something that couldn't be described except through a sound.