I've Never Thought Of Myself

The Fact That My Songs Take A Long Time To Write Is No Guarantee Of Their Excellence.

My Two Great Heroes Are W. B. Yeats And Federico Garcia Lorca.

I Always Considered Myself A Minor Writer. My Province Is Small, And I Try To Explore It Very, Very Thoroughly.

Only In Canada Could Somebody With A Voice Like Mine Win 'vocalist Of The Year'.

Comic Books, Movies, Radio Programmes Centered Their Entertainment Around The Fact Of Torture. With The Clearest Of Consciences, With A Patriotic Intensity, Children Dreamed, Talked, Acted Orgies Of Physical Abuse. Imaginations Were Released To Wander On A Reconnaissance Mission From Cavalry To Dachau. European Children Starved And Watched Their Parents Scheme And Die. Here We Grew Up With Toy Whips. Early Warning Against Our Future Leaders, The War Babies.