I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes.

Once you realize that you're in something that you've always wanted and you don't want to lose it, you behave differently. And that means the integrity, the professionalism, and knowing what's right from wrong and still making choices that you probably wouldn't have made.

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

I've always believed that if you don't stay moving, they will throw dirt on you.

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

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.

I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs.