There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.

I'm also alternative because of Canada - there's something romantic about being Canadian. We're a relatively unpopulated, somewhat civilized, and clean and resourceful country. I always push the fact that I'm Canadian.

Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.

I don't consider my homosexuality a political thing. I consider it a sexual and spiritual thing. I only started going to political rallies to meet women.

I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.

It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.

There needn't be a distinction between your life and your music.