My parents got my sister and I to go to church and have piano lessons. We were keen and they could see that.

Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?

Of course I knew The Band's Canadian keyboard player, the late Richard Manuel, but I didn't play that night because I was there as a guest with my record executives. People ask, "why didn't you play?" If I had known I was going to be playing then I would have been prepared for it.

What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.

You will go with me everywhere. When I'm dreaming, you still share my lonely nights.

When I was 16, I used to drive huge loads of laundry in a three ton truck. I would turn round at night to drive back and see the band in a place north of Toronto called Dunn's Pavilion. I would drive that truck all day and they drive back and all the way until one day I wrecked the truck. I fell asleep and wrecked it. I was OK and so was my helper. I called my dad and the first words out of his mouth were, "are you OK?" I was really lucky I had a kind father.

The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of Toronto and I believe they should be preserved and remounted in the interests of our city's heritage.