[Working with such a wide array of artists also] made my singing better, ... I needed to be with musicians to reinforce me.

This should put some steel in their spine. Canadians overwhelmingly understand that musicians and other artists are harmed by illegal file-swapping and deserve better protection under the law.

[A lot of the artists collaborate with one another on stage throughout the festival, leaving fans and musicians alike in awe.] A bunch of us are old friends, and when we get here we want to band together, ... Anything goes here, people are ready for any kind of music.

In this business, TV is being taken up not by the true artists or the actors or the musicians any more, they are just being taken up by the common man, which gives everyone that feeling that there's a chance for me yet to be a star.

There should not be a question of legal or illegal immigration. People came and immigrated to this country from the time of the Indians. No one's illegal. They should just be able to come.

I've never been happy with the quality of my work. I always felt as though my musicianship was lacking and that I should have worked harder at it when I was younger. As I sang and sang, I improved.