I am a rabid Maple Leaf fan.
I'm always in bare feet.
Late in my career, I was asked to do an inspirational record and a duets album and I didn't want to do either.
No. I'm not. Nor have I ever been, although I know there are people who thought I was. I do have a lot of women friends, but none of them is gay, nor have they ever been.
Our television set was in the bedroom. I can picture my mother fast asleep, exhausted from driving my brothers around. I can picture the Maple Leafs playing the Canadiens. One or the other would always be on the CBC on Saturday night.
Suddenly, I was in a category with Barbara Striesand, Olivia Newton John, Donna Summer, Carley Simon - it was kind of neat for me.
But I'm a real Gemini; I'm completely different at home than when I'm on tour.
We didn't have the Grand Ole Opry or country radio stations in Nova Scotia when I was growing up.
I'm the type of personality who just can't settle for less.
I've been playing Sunrise for years. I love it there. It's so loosey-goosey. I was up at the Kravis Center and it was, like, 'Oh my God!' All the minkdraggers, you know?
You have to understand that I never thought I would have a career in music. That kind of thing didn't happen. Not for women, not in Canada, not in the 1960s. It was something I did for fun.
I do duets with folks like Randy Goodman, Aaron Neville, Bryan Adams, people like that.
I have been told that my voice is very suited to oldies albums.
I don't want to look out and perform in front of people who are drunk. I did that when I was playing little clubs.
It's a great time to do a show, at Christmas time. People are by and large in a Christmas frame of mind.
That worried me early on in my career - that I would change. If I went to New York or Los Angeles that I would become somebody I wouldn't like. That person that gets a big head and starts thinking they're more special than anyone else. I never wanted to be that person.
There's no formula for choosing songs. I've beeen lucky over the years. You just hear it and you do it.
A lot of people want to put you in a slot. They want to categorize you. So I fought that, because I liked all different kinds of music.
I loved the Everly Brothers better than anybody.
Canadian tours are big and difficult, because of the large spaces between cities.
