You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene.

One thing with Montreal is it's so cold and everyone's so poor and beer's so cheap: if you go to a show you have to brave the weather to get there. So you show up and everyone's soaking wet - there's a sense of 'I trekked through three feet of snow to get here!' I think there's a kind of camaraderie that arises out of that, that's important to me as well.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.

I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I try to get them to come out and dance for me.

It's important for people not to feel like doing things that are immature, stuff you have to try out when you're a teenager, is bad, per se. Demonizing it is one of the reasons it becomes such an issue.

I like performing, but I usually get really sick when I'm on tour, and it's just hard.