I've run into a few people who were doing the "big star, prima donna" sort of thing, oftentimes when they were not all that well-known, or, for that matter, talented. But Rob comes on like a regular guy who's just very happy to be able to do what he loves to do and be free to keep doing it.

I think his quote at the top of the "Kickass Canadians" interview that I linked to above (here it is again) pretty well says it:

"Getting to make a living out of your own creativity. . . .   You can't really ask for much more than that."

Amen to that!!

And he doesn't just confine himself to music. We did talk a bit of politics and we pretty well see eye-to-eye. I think, as a private citizen, he's been quietly active in a number of good causes.

Don Firth