I never really lived outside of the city growing up, but I'm always looking in between the lines of the city, and I magnetize over to the green spots.

I haven't been living anywhere because I've been on tour for the past two years.

I think I prefer the constant renewal. It's almost like sandpapering down any details or any contour of familiarities.

I just went to Europe, spent a year traveling, and then I came home with a finished album and said, "Hey everyone I'm back!" I gave everyone their lighters from Luxembourg, gave them the postcards from Italy and Rome, then said, "Hey look, I made a record, too" and played it for them. The general reaction was shock, because it was so different from what they've known me to do.

If you keep bashing your head against the same wall, at some point you're going to fall over and be still for awhile.

Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene its not one-on-one, its a one-on-12. Its very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.

All the girls who have photos of them at parties, like, "Woo!" - that's what someone's going to see of their grandma.