When people all wear the same thing, people notice. They aren't stupid. People don't go, "Oh, you can see right through them!"

I'll acknowledge that I'm from Canada but I don't think I'll acknowledge that I'm Canadian.

I don't want to over think anything because the second I do, I start to fail.

I just think if you're gonna play a show you should try and look nice.

Thankfully, I'm not put in a position where I'm made to feel like I can't live my life.

I like writing stories. That's what I like to do. That's the way I see it, but with every song I get sucked into feeling something.

You're forced to step into that performer role. I can't just hide behind a synthesizer forever.

I've learned a lot about how to be in a band. It's like being in a marriage to these people. Because there's so many of us, there's a polygamous quality to it, which I've heard is really enjoyable.

I really do just try to tune as much out as I can and make things that I think just sound good to me.

I've always got songs ready to go. It's not a challenge to conjure anything, it's just whether the music I supply is desirable.

I'm totally open to outside opinions and criticism.

My inner caveman demands she knows I'm a good provider. I'll get her the best booth, order any food she wants, kill potential predators, and buy her the best cave on the block".

The country is laid out in a haphazard, sloppy fashion, offensive to the tidy, organized mind.

Working memory capacity is really the ability to hold and manipulate information while you're actively trying to block out distraction.

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!

Commercial music, for the most part, is popular music and you always have to keep that in mind.

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

Giving God permission to make you a saint will ruin your life.

No owl is afraid of the night, no snake of the swamp and no traitor of the treason!

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

Every one will be something worth while, something rare, something perfect.