I am a candid interview and I have a dark and dry sense of humor - a very Canadian sense of humor.

As I look back, I understand what [the record company] was getting at. They were trying to market a record and make it as commercially acceptable as possible. It hurt me and my credibility with critics.

Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to let someone see something in you that is there that you can't hear or see.

I like my job but it's not who I am.

I don't want to be the flavor, the passing thing that the girls scream at. I think that it's more important for me, honestly, that the guy who gets dragged to the show, you know, looks at his wife and says, thank you, that was great and tells his buddies.

Christopher Hitchens is perhaps the greatest orator ever. He's such a famous atheist.

Who I am is a dad and a family guy. When I look in the mirror and talk to myself, that's what I want to reflect.