Quincy says no to Michael's green bananas

From page 22

reduced us to complete tears,
the honesty in this kid’s voice.

“So we asked her if she
would sing with us as a featured
guest that evening. And she
did. In front of like 3,000 peo-
ple. It’s completely important
to mentor. In mentoring
you're always the student and
still being questioned, which
keeps you growing as an
artist.” -

@ David Foster's pal Quincey
Jones:

On how America views
Canadian music — “Ir has
become homogenous just
through its greatness. 1 think
tha’s what comes first. Great
music and great people. | mean
they're everywhere. Oscar
Peterson was the first influence
on my fe when Twas 14 vears
old. Giana Krall is unbeliev-
able.”

On the possibility of work-

SNOWBOARDING genius Ross Rebagllati presented
the Juno Award for Best Alternative Album to bran

van 3000.

ing with Michael Jackson again

— “No. In the "80s we did a lor
of things together, David was, a
part of it too, But Pve gor a dif-
ferent agenda in the “90s. 1
can’t deal with green bananas
anymore. Think about it.”

@ Juno Hall of Fame award
winner David Foster:

On receiving the accolade
— “This was the most impor-
tant award Ive ever received.
There’s nothing fike coming
home, I tell va.”

On his plan tor « concert
featuring seven top female
Canadian pertormers — “It’s
very much alive, but its contin-

gent on the seven women of

Canada. Pd like to bring Joni
Mitchell and Alanis Morrisette
and Sarah MeLachlan, k.d.
Jang, Shania Twain, Celine
Dion and Anne Murray togeth-
er, and I'd love to-do it right
here in this building on behalf
of my foundation.”

On whether or nor he’s the
same David Foster who shows
up on Gary Weright’s Dream
Weaver album — “Yes Iam. 1
learned a lot from Gary Wright.
Tt was the first time I ever saw a
synthesizer. I touched a note
and a string sound came out
and } just about fell apart. He
taught me how to play Moog
bass, which I later took
throughout my career.”

a Country Female Vocalist of

the Year Shania Twain:

On dreaming — ““My
dream growing up was to have
aroast beef house. To me when
I was a kid, making it and being
rich was eating roast beef and

living in a brick house. OF

Canadian women's hockey game is on the rise

From page 20

latter: half of the 286-page
book. To. get an idea how
much the women’s game has
grown in Canada this decadc,
consider.the following figures
from the book: in 1990, 8,146
girls and women were regis-
tered in organized hockey; last
year there were 27,305.

-And with the newly-minted
Olympic heroes influencing
the next generation of young
women hockey players, those
numbers will continue to
increase. .

Too Many Men on the Ice is

published by Polestar Book
Publishers and sells for $19.95.

HOCKEY NIGHT
IN CANADA
While there’s no doubr the
game of hockey is an integral
part of our national heritage,
this softcover is pretty heavy
going for your average hockey

Academics Richard
Gruneau and David Whitson
have taken a scholarly
approach to the game, and as
you'd expect the writing is
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And while not a read for

everyone, the authors do make

some interesting observations
about violence in the game
and the patriotic aspect of
hockey.

First. released in 1993,
Hockey Night in’ Canada is
published by Garamond Press.

course now that Tan afford
roast beef, Pina vegetanan, It’s
all very ironic. It was a symbol-
ic thing.”

On sitting beside Mark
Messier at the really big show
— “That was cool. I shared a
Tie Tac with him. ‘The fast time
T shared these exact Tie Tacs
was with Michael Jackson, so
I've got to save this box now.”
@ Sarah McLachlan, winner for

Single of the Year, Album of

the Year, Songwriter of the Year
and Female Vocalist of the
Year:

On fame —- “It’s weird. It's
a very strange thing to have all
these perceptions placed on
you, from other people. ft
demands that you be incredibly
strong and clear and ruthless
for what you need and what
you want to do in your lie, It’s
SO zasy to get Weighed down by
other people’s opinions and
perceptions.

“Dm getting more comtort-
able with it and especialy with
Lilith Fair. Pve done my career
very quiedy up until Lilith. Ar
thar point J got catapulted into
the media darling thing, which
I found very strange, but at the
same time [had something
tangible to talk about and

something that I was proud of

to talk about.”

On her plans for 1998 —
“We're starting up the tour in
Portland on the 19th of June.
It’s going to be 52 shows this
year and we're trving to take it
to Europe in September ...
Some of the new acts are
Sinead O'Connor, Natalie
Merchant, Bonnie Rait.”

JAZZ pianist Diana Krall talked about the importance
of having a musical mentor.

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