"I hated my life when I was going through those early days and having to deal with drunken musicians and drugged musicians. I hated it."

“If you have a dream, a passion and have the opportunity to make it happen, great. BUT, if you can’t get to it right away, which is quite often the case, give the job you’re doing 100 per cent and keep your eyes open. You never know what opportunity might arise … something you never thought of could become your life’s work. Success of any kind is the result of hard work … there’s no shortcut.”

“What you saw was what you got. There was no difference from me on stage and me sitting here talking to you.”

“embodies the Canadian popular music industry. She's been so successful within Canada and internationally. She's really identified with Canada, even one of her songs Snowbird, that's so Canada.”

“You know what? When someone does that for me, it makes me feel really good. It's like you're important.”

“was a wonderful man and he was so good to me. Every time that I ever asked him to do anything, he was here for me always.”

“I guess that singing is probably a very selfish thing. I guess it doesn't matter what you do. It's selfish in a way 'cause there's satisfaction involved and so. As a singer, you sometimes have to justify your reason for existence in a sort of a way because: what really are you doing for people, they say?”