Some say that no one ever leaves Montreal, for that city, like Canada itself, is designed to preserve the past, a past that happened somewhere else.

From bitter searching of the heart, quickened with passion and with pain we rise to play a greater part this is the faith from which we start.

I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it.

I do cherish those moments when I can just relax in the hotel room. Because there are a lot of details that have to be taken care of aside from just getting up onstage. You're dealing with a number of human beings whose well-being and safety you're concerned about. There are people I like to meet and talk to in the crew and the band.

Who could have foretold the heart grows old from touching others

Nothing can stop you from thinking. The human mind is designed to think continually.

You should go from place to place recovering the poems that have been written for you to which you can affix your signature. Don't discuss these matters with anyone. Retrieve. Retrieve. When the basket is full someone will appear to whom you can present it.