My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didnt mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But its good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable.

I see music as fluid architecture.

The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.

An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.

I was young for my age. Not as naïve as they expected. I don't know why I seem to bring that out in people.

I didn't think I had much of a following in the South. I thought I was anonymous down there so I kept to the South. But I found in certain pockets that I was quite recognizable and I just hit a wig store.