My family was a good family, I had a great Canadian education and I came up in a great, little town like Ottawa.

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.

I believe in criticism.

I don't think you can get an idea of what Israel is like until you get here. People don't realize what a great place it is.

For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.

There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out.

I respect Jay-Z. I like him.