Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great guitar tone. Plus, he's done more for Canada than Rush have, because he works all the time. I envy him for that.
Definitely I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, and I think she is a wonderful writer, so she is probably part of me.
Alanis Morissette - I think she's one of my biggest inspirations.
I have a fond appreciation for the Canadian culture and the Canadian food scene in general.
I didn't grow up listening to him - my parents listened more to Neil Young and Joni Mitchell - but I lived in a flatshare for two years, and my flatmate loved Leonard Cohen. He would always play him when he got home from the studio or something.
I like the music from Drake. I like the music from PARTY. I like music from The Weeknd, Justin Bieber.
I wanted to be Joni Mitchell.
You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.
I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that MacMaster name because he has created such a good name.
Geddy Lee and I went to the same grade school. He moved away when we were still young, but I remember him like I do all my friends from back then. Then in 1982, Dave Thomas and I were approached to do a record as the McKenzie Brothers on Anthem Records, the same label that Rush was on.
Canada does a really a phenomenal job of producing music, actors, and entertainers. If you look at the number of people we have in our country relative to the number of people that are prominent in the entertainment industry, it's pretty impressive.
Gordon Lightfoot has created some of the most beautiful and lasting music of our time. He is Bob Dylan's favorite singer/songwriter - high praise from the best of us, applauded by the rest of us.
When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren't for Toronto.
I grew up on Raffi. That was my first impression of what a rock star was.
Canada has a great tradition of supporting songwriters.
We're huge Drake fans, I mean, but who isn't?
GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other.
My fav band is Rush.
I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.
I love Canada, and I dated someone who was Canadian a few years ago, and she brought me into a deeper understanding of the greatness of the culture.
I worked for [Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee] Tommy Hunter. It was a wonderful training program at the CBC, because they made sure they never paid you very much, so you had to do a lot of things, and that way you made some money. [A phone rings.] That's my agent right now telling me I've got a 13 cent residual from Tommy Hunter in 1969.
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we're stuck inside all the time.
I love Drake's music.
My retirement, back in 1976, began as a one-year boycott to challenge the media on that question. I refused to return until the media, and radio stations in particular, got a hold on identifiably Canadian songs.
I've got a room full of gold and platinum records, a lot of them are Canadian, and I've got a very soft spot for that country.
