Canadian Musician Quotes

"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."

"I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm travelling toward light."

"Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music."

"Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it."

"A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love."

"The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you."

"It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews."

"The trouble with normal is it always gets worse."

"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."

"Look. Art knows no prejudice, art knows no boundaries, art doesn't really have judgement in it's purest form. So just go, just go."

"Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh."

"When I sit down at a piano, I feel what's going on in my life and what led up to it. Certain songs are born from that motivation."

"There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now."

"The term clinical depression finds its way into too many conversations these days. One has a sense that a catastrophe has occurred in the psychic landscape."

"You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself."

"I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else."

"In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress."

"Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities in Toronto, people like the Walsh Brothers, David Wilcox, Kim Mitchell and the like. It was a great learning experience."

"It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name."

"Whether it catches up to what the world sees or record companies or radio or everybody wants - you can't be the architect of that."