"Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet."

"In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming."

"Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women."

"My three addictions of choice are food, love and work."

"The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight."

"I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed."

"Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."

"A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug."