A number of people were involved up to $80,000, and after that [just] the two phone bidders stayed in.

This is a superb piece. Of course, we are absolutely delighted that it brought the price it did.

It was very whimsical, and very well done.

My understanding is it's the highest price ever paid for an Inuit sculpture.

Hugs are part of everybody life for me. I’ll hug all sorts of people- I don’t worry about it looking unmanly or whatever. I think physical human contact is one of the things that makes living worthwhile.

People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.