I am 36 years old, I can't change. I have tried, trust me, but I can't. It's nice to get over yourself and just do it..

Everybody has their own ways of wanting to do things..

You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening..

The new solo album sounds like me: I'm singing about bad business transactions, bodily fluids, and courage..

There's an interesting story around that ["Heaven Without a Gun"], because the girl I was dating at the time got into a bike accident and couldn't ma….

You should never leave something with a feeling of defeat..

I suddenly thought about being backstage, and I think it shocks you to meet the people you shared your bedrooms with. And a lot of them either take t….

What inspires me is anxiety and the quest to try to change things in my life. ...I got addicted to endings and beginnings and to the idea of always m….

I had never really written songs for anyone before. With [Broken] Social Scene, you're writing songs for others and your passing them around and exch….

I wanted to make a very cohesive-sounding album. Anyone who has listened to me and brought me into their living rooms and their bedrooms - I am makin….

Being off the road is one of the greatest things ever. It's hard for me to be around my friends who are on the road..

What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently….

There's nothing better than striving to be a better man..

You know and I know that as soon as it's done, you have to get it out there. You want what's best for it. And especially in owning a label, which som….

Obviously, everyone loves someone who appreciates you and puts you on a pedestal..

As an artist, expectations are basically your enemy. If you're truly making something to make it, then you're not thinking about anything else except….

I didn't retire, I became irrelevant - there is a big difference..

It's hard: you get older, you have a career, the normal frustrations that come with what you do when you wear your heart on your sleeve and you try r….

There was this wonderful day where we sat and listened to all of Andy's [Kim] songs throughout the years, and I think we spent around six hours at my….

I have great relationships with all my exes, and everyone in my life, because I honor the time and the love and the energy of those relationships. I'….

I got a little lost in "Law & Order" and "Luther" and all those shows where it's basically women dying all the time, I had to stop watching that stuf….