Well, I started out as a musician, so when I was about 10 years old, I was already in a band.

There's a big shift in our whole way of living, and it started maybe 10 years ago when [smartphones] came into existence. Up until then, we were at the mercy of the press, and so-called experts that would tell us what to think and how to think.

Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.

We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.

I've always believed in the concept of retirement. I retired for the first time at age 18 ... from school. To me, retirement means doing what you want to do without worrying about getting paid for it.

Everything that happens to me is very cosmic.

The funny thing is, Dennis Miller got me back into comedy.