We were interested in making a long career out of this, rather than being 'Canada's Newest Hitmakers.' It seems to work, and it trickles down to every aspect of the band.

I'm interested in doing anything that teaches me something.

I'm a dancer. It's what I love to do more than anything.

As you get older, you mellow, but there's a natural propensity to watch what you say, 'cause you learn that you want more time and space to craft what you want to say because you're less likely to want to say impetuous things, or things that aren't thought-out properly.

I'm a music fan - I love meeting other musicians, I love talking to other musicians - and what greater opportunity to take advantage of whatever standing we might have to try and attract people? To say 'We don't know you, but we love you, and will you come play with us?' Sometimes they actually do.

In Canada, the major centers to play are very few and far between. Bands that are traveling in Canada really have to travel between gigs.

Our sound is nothing like the Doors.

I think I'm a dancer in terms of what I do onstage.

Being a dad, and being in a rock band, it's harder than it looks. But we tried. And we try.

The Sadies have toured with the Hip probably more than any other band. I got to know them pretty well and loved their sets.

You know, I've been hit with a Greb boot in the face and I've been spat on. And my kids light up when they hear these stories. It really takes their minds off their troubles.

What would be great is if everyone who bought a record got a comp ticket to a show.

If you work hard enough I don't think it's possible to just repeat what you're doing.

You know, Prime Minister Trudeau's got me. His work with First Nations. He's got everybody. He's going to take us where we need to go.

The only criterion we used in doing cover material was we wanted to do songs that we wished bands would play when we went out. We were doing Yardbirds and Rolling Stones cover songs-which is not any big deal, but where we were from, all we were getting were Top 40 bands.

When you're opening for someone, there's no pressure.

I've always kept a notebook in my pocket, I've always written stuff down since I was a kid.

To become a country, and truly call ourselves Canada, it means we must become one.

Music brings people together. So my function in anything I do is to help bring people closer in.

I haven't written too many political lyrics. Nor have I written any pro-Canada lyrics, any kind of jingoistic, nationalistic cant... That stuff doesn't interest me and I don't even know if I could write that if I tried because I don't really feel it.

I always like to have a glimmer of hopefulness, even in collapse.

I've always liked R.E.M. because, like so many things I like, they exude a warmth; I like to think that we do, too.

Even as a kid, I don't think I bought into a lot of the mythology about Canada.

I think the health of our water is tied to a lot: the health of our communities, hence our economy, the health of our basic human rights.

We used to tie a skipping rope to a pitchfork and try to spear big carp. We never got one. My kids love that story, very 'Lord of the Flies.'

If I'm to be an 'ist' then, like Bobby Kennedy, I'm probably more of a free market capitalist than an environmentalist. Rather than wanting to tell people to be less bad, I'm saying let's make it fair across the board and stop subsidizing the big heavy-polluting fat cats, let's make it a level playing field.

We did reach a wider audience with 'SNL,' but it's hard to know what attracts people to your band in the long run.

Ultimately with our band, it's word of mouth. It seems to be the largest cause of The Hip outbreak - if we can align ourselves with a virus.

I like hanging with my family and helping them on their way however I can. There's a new tragicomedy every half-hour, there is laughter, there are tears, and it's all real. They are endlessly entertaining, they have given me so much, they've given me a chance to 'see' things again.

I stand in support of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations and all Canadians who find themselves with no voice in our present version of democracy, who are trying to come up with the entry fee that gets them a seat at the table where their pollution future is being discussed.

Bob Rock taught me a lot. His friendship has taught me a lot about what you should expect from a recording session and, more importantly, how you shouldn't expect anything less than absolute joyousness. You should feel great. You should feel 14 to be doing it. It's true and it's rare.