‘Keep the change’ – Bob Wiseman Interview

I figured out that my gift was, in fact, a gift because too many people kept explaining they couldn’t do what I do.

My big dream is making a living from my creative activities.

What I do to fill myself up when I feel scared or alone: Oatmeal.

‘Keep the change’ are the words I try to live by.

Most beautiful thing I’ve seen today is an old cat still ticking.

Kindness between people is what makes me feel alive.

Favourite lyric right now: Everybody knows that the dice are loaded / Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.

Best advice ever received? Get a vegetarian meal on your flight.

Canoe trips are what ‘going home’ feels like to me.

Taking responsibility for speaking up was my hardest lesson to learn.

Best advice I have to give? Floss.

A Q&A conversation. Thank you for being the magic music man, Bob. You are all the things the world needs – genius, humanity, freedom and fun. Grateful you agreed to this interview (many years ago now).

Good things take time.

Described by Ron Sexsmith as 
"Canada's Tom Waits", meet 
Canadian music phenom Bob 
Wiseman. This former member 
of Blue Rodeo released his first solo 
album in 1989 and has been taking 
us on a trippy multimedia ride that 
uplifts, provokes and entertains 
ever since. He has toured with 
Feist, Final Fantasy and guest 
performed with Wilco and the 
Wallflowers, all while using his 
music to serve others with his 
novel personal and political 
honesty. When you hear his voice 
you know you're hearing the truth. 
It just resonates. He is also a 
teacher and a big-timey writer 
of a book, too. Wise man indeed. 
To learn more about the man and his 
music, check out www.bobwiseman.ca