The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.

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.

When I was five I had violin lessons.

With The Guess Who, it took us fifty-something singles before we had hits.

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.

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.

I don't think that bands that make it on their first album are as strong as bands that don't: there is nowhere to go but down.