I think I don't sing as hard as I used to sing. I used to kind of hit the accelerator a lot back in my youth, but now it's just being able to control it, and not work it so hard and use more of an emotional or sub textual kind of approach to singing.

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.

I don't sing anything that hurts my voice.

My public image is so low-key, but I get to travel the world and still have an audience and it's really amazing. I don't take that for granted.

The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.

I wanted to write songs that would play themselves on stage, songs that sweep you through their current.