I'll acknowledge that I'm from Canada but I don't think I'll acknowledge that I'm Canadian.

I just think if you're gonna play a show you should try and look nice.

I've always got songs ready to go. It's not a challenge to conjure anything, it's just whether the music I supply is desirable.

I like writing stories. That's what I like to do. That's the way I see it, but with every song I get sucked into feeling something.

I'll acknowledge that I'm from Canada but I don't think I'll acknowledge that I'm Canadian.

I operate in such a vacuum. I write by myself, it's a very solitary experience, and I'm not used to, I've never had a label or anyone to say, "We wanna hear a single, we gotta come back and retool some of these songs until they're more catchy."

It's always something that interests me, crafting a really perfect pop gem, but it's not a lifelong obsession. I've kind of moved beyond it. I think I needed to get that out of my system, to exorcise.