Canadian Quotes

It was great to play with some of my old linemates.

If I could play this game at a decent level, I'd come back and play.

I'm sorry I didn't feel any better or play any better, but that's what happens at the end of careers.

I think we need to do as much as we can to give back to these young kids growing up. I think we've done a pretty decent job so far.

I think the lottery changed everything for us. Once we got Sidney, it helped us turn this franchise around overnight.

I have two main reasons for retiring. The first is I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past. That has been very, very frustrating to me throughout this past year. The second one is realizing my health, along with my family, is the most important thing in the world.

Hockey is a tough, physical game, and it always should be.

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player.

A month before the season, I don't order fries with my club sandwich.

Every day is a great day for hockey.

You have to carry so many archetypes as an actor, especially as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed one.

I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.

I'm a character actor; that's my skill set.

I want to live a good life and pay my taxes. 'The Killing' was a blessing. It was two wonderful years. But I had reached a point in my life, especially with a young son, that I was no longer willing to compromise my life for the sake of a paycheque. I was no longer willing to move where the tax cred

I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.

I injured myself quite badly when I was seventeen. I broke my ankle, and it didn't heal in such a way that I could keep dancing at the level I wanted to. It wasn't like, 'Oh my god, I'll never play the violin again.' I could, but not at the level I wanted. So, I segued into acting, the other thing t

I didn't expect to feel pathos for the villains in our show. I feel quite moved in several of our episodes; I never realized that a show like 'Motive,' which aims for a broad appeal, could have that sort of emotional impact.

For 'Motive,' it wasn't a question of making it look un-Canadian, but instead, we wanted it to be the product of a bunch of really skilled people making something. And that's what you have.

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big bonus.

I'm a big believer of daylight in the studio.

I would like to think that Ben and myself have begun a partnership that will take us into different areas of music that we can continue to write, enjoy and keep me involved with music other then what I do with RUSH.

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.

I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.

I love to write. It's my first love.

I liked the fact that I was forced to get inside of my emotions and to really try to figure out a lot of what I was going through.

I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment.

I have always felt I was more accurately a Hard Rock musician.

I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.

I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.