Like, a song could be really tricky and intricate and be really intellectually stimulating, but I don't think that's the song that that I'm going to ….

I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common I discovered they had many similar elements: harmonic rhyt….

So, it just seemed like it happened naturally. We nailed our live show to some extent in a year or about a year and a half, maybe just a year of play….

Part of the power of song is that it is a beautiful expression of devotion...singing releases the pent-up joy and thanksgiving we feel because of God….

I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too!.

One of the songs that stayed in my head that I really considered a lot was an old folk song called 'John Brown' - not the abolitionist John Brown, bu….

Somewhere out in the darkness, a phoenix was singing in a way Harry had never heard before: a stricken lament of terrible beauty. And Harry felt, as ….

I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are….

The morning is full of storm in the heart of summer. The clouds travel like white handkerchiefs of goodbye, the wind, travelling, waving them in its ….

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've always thought that a lot of really good writers go wrong by getting so into the craft and the technique and perfection. Perfection can be the e….

When a lovely flame dies, Smoke gets in your eyes..

You don't appreciate home until you leave it and, let me tell you, you can't appreciate life till you've almost left it! Some people hope and die wit….

Every nation, every human being that came across earth had a song and sang in some way to their God..

In fact I wonder if I should bend my own rules a little and for the sake of writing a good song it doesn't have to been so autobiographical, but that….

Old Khayyám, say you, is a debauchee;If only you were half so good as he!He sins no sins but gentle drunkenness,Great-hearted mirth, and kind adulter….

To me, the message of my songs, of all songs, is "enjoy life." My message as a person who evidently doens't have much more planned is the same. It's ….

I'm kind of a purist and I actually just want to be a good player, with that said though... I probably should get a little more involved in that as t….

The song succeeds or fails just based on whether you argue your point successfully. I like throwing images together, which create meaning if you list….

As a person who has a pretty short attention span I think of music like that, completely. That's why I can quite happily change genres mid-song..

I just like a great song. I just wanted to be this true reflection of what is in my heart and it ended up becoming my life which was kind of surreal,….