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.

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.

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 just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.

Sometimes I think it's a shame, when I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

The house you live in will never fall down, if you pity the stranger who stands at your door.