Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.

I like to practice on the bass, but I don't do it as often as I should.

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.

There was a time when fast playing and fretboard pyrotechnics on the bass were important to me and when I am recording a bass track, that is still very important to me.