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We've played on 'Saturday Night Live' and got not even a Rolling Stone review.
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It will take 150 years or seven generations to heal the wound of the residential school.
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I was a rink rat growing up. I was a goalie and my father was a busy father of five, so he would come when he could. When he did show up, I'd look up and there he would be.
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Once we went into the basement and learned a song, we felt successful. Then we learned two songs, and then we got a gig, and on and on - and that's the way musicians think. I don't know about other people - I mean, I don't know about all musicians either - but some are more driven than others.
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We got instant gratification when we would slip in one of our own songs and people would cheer. We started getting a lot of gratification from writing.
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When we started in university we were wearing lampshades on our heads and playing wacky covers like 'I'm a Believer.'
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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.
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I work at being a better member of my family. So I know that that affects and drifts and soaks into my work, and my art.
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What would be great is if everyone who bought a record got a comp ticket to a show.
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I think the recording industry is founded on that principle: to approximate the live experience, to approximate that thing that evaporates as it's happening, disappears as it's happening.
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I grew up on the lake and spent most of that time outdoors. As a musician, I travel widely around the country and talk to a lot of people, from all walks of life. That experience, combined with my rock and roll roots gives me something of an affinity for the underdog. In many ways, the environment is also the underdog - so, it's an easy fit.
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We did reach a wider audience with 'SNL,' but it's hard to know what attracts people to your band in the long run.
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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.
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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.
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I want my kids to be good. I want them to be safe and have a great, long life. And take what they need from me and leave what they don't. Definitely leave what they don't.
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I had spend a lot of time looking at things intellectually, coming from the head, let's say, rather than the heart, and saying things that way. Turns of phrases became paramount to any kind of feeling behind them, which is not to say they were all devoid of that.
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I work every day. I write every day. I walk around in silent conversation with my latest unfinished songs.
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I've always kept a notebook in my pocket, I've always written stuff down since I was a kid.
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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.
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The Sadies have toured with the Hip probably more than any other band. I got to know them pretty well and loved their sets.
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Rock 'n' roll is not unlike love. You find it oddly strangely comforting that no matter how old you get, when it comes to matters of the heart, you're always 15 inside.
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As we move towards resolution and understanding and greater serenity in all aspects of our life, love's pretty elemental and that's nice to know. I think rock 'n' roll is the same. I don't pretend to understand it; it feels confusing and frightening and wonderful.
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I used to run the band hockey pool - regular season and playoffs. I would write weekly reports, which were meant to demoralize and diffuse enjoyment for others.
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We've met a ton of pro hockey players, got to know them, our music plays in their locker rooms. We've always taken pride in that.
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If you work hard enough I don't think it's possible to just repeat what you're doing.
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We're not building a nuclear reactor here. We're not drilling a mile beneath the surface of the ocean with no plan in case something goes wrong. This is making music, this is melodious air and people can hear what goes into it.
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It's time to listen to the stories of the Indigenous; we are blessed as a country to look to the wisdom of a really old country.
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If you're aiming for a hole in one, and you get one, you feel lucky - but at the same time you can justifiably say, 'Well, I was aiming for the hole anyway.'
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To be honest, I think affiliation is anathema - if you're a rock 'n' roller, you're a lone wolf.
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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.
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