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.

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

I believe that I am male and I am female.

When the spirit of child's play enters into the creative process, it's a wonderful force and something to be nurtured.

At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar.

We're captive on the carousel of time, we can't return we can only look behind.

But now it's just another show, you leave em laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.