On the last couple of movies I made - big-budget Hollywood movies - I really missed being able to create my own material.

I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97.

My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.

I had spent years working in radio at different stations in Toronto; I wasn't in the stage company of Second City.

About a year ago, out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs.

And we had the perhaps unfair advantage of not having to worry about what an audience was gonna think. We were in a vacuum. We were making little short films, really.

Well, whether it's on film or on TV, you don't want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys.