I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon.

My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star.

I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.

Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.

I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up.

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.

There was a time when I was - after my very first record from Nashville, I thought I might not be one of those who actually really makes it, and I may end up back in Canada, just playing clubs. And that might - this might have just been it.