The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous -- I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do.

[Reporter: How did you find America?] We turned left at Greenland.

Canada is America without being American without that … ‘We-are-the-mighty-whatever scene.’ Canada’s image is just about getting groovy, you know.

I used to say to my auntie, 'You throw my fu*kin' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous,' and she threw the bast*rd stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a fu*kin' genius or whatever I was when I was a child.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.