Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like.

You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.

I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.

Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound.

The local music community here was dying for a place to record, so we started doing acoustic, folk and bluegrass and then did rock projects for other bands, as well as for my son Tal and my own work.

When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.

My love, growing up on the Prairies, was country music.