Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective.

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.

As long as you're growing in your profession and you're respected, you're going to stay as clean as you can, because you've got something that you love that you don't want to lose.

I learned a lot about what I do with my craft, how I present my music. A lot of things about him were very much an influence on me and everybody else. Once you get in that fold and you're around it, you get to experience something that I don't think we'll ever see again. There will never be anybody like Frank Sinatra. Ever.

You know, my grandmother used to say, 'While I'm down here planning, God's up there laughing.' I guess the thing with most things that are worthwhile is that you can't give up easily. You've got to hang in.

The thing is to be able to outlast the trends.

I respect Jay-Z. I like him.