I think a sexual energy is a positive energy.

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

We don't have T-shirts with my face, but there I can see the beginnings, especially young girls seeing me as sort of a icon in that way. And in that regard I'm more than happy to step in.

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.

I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.

Life is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.

Of course there are influences, of course there are things that are inspiring, but it's weird to think that I'm trying to keep a mental inventory of them and report them clearly to whomever might ask.