I can't think of very many people who work as hard at the craft of songcraft as Gord Downie does. It was life or death. Every syllable was important.

- Steve Berlin

The lesson there is that there's no hiding the sound of a band that is bored with its own music. Whatever it takes to create the sound of excitement,…

- Steve Berlin

Because I'm sort of an honorary Canadian, I don't think the others grasped the cultural significance of who the Tragically Hip were before the tour. …

- Steve Berlin

I think I was making a Stephen Fearing record, and I mentioned to someone that the Tragically Hip were talking to me about working with them. The Can…

- Steve Berlin

It seems silly, but it mattered to Gord Downie. I don't know if I necessarily felt like it had to be one or the other, but he really wanted that enga…

- Steve Berlin

Gord Downie is extraordinary. It's safe to say there's nobody like that guy that I've ever come across.

- Steve Berlin

The Tragically Hip, more so than any other band I've worked with, approach their work like a team. This might sound way too pat, but they're like a g…

- Steve Berlin

Another hard thing that Gord Downie makes easy: singing ironically. If you don't do it right, you come off like a snarky asshole or the whole thing j…

- Steve Berlin

Like any band, including mine, there's a comfort zone that's hard to escape. You kind of need an outsider to tell you that. You think it's your vocab…

- Steve Berlin