Personally, I don't really know that I am affected by landscape and physical surroundings so much when I am writing songs, although maybe I could be on a subconcious level. I have yet to write a sea shanty or my 'Rocky Mountain High', not to say I never will. Maybe I should be gawking out my south-end Saint John window into the heart of the harbour to see what inspiration I can draw, or sit on the top of Fort Howe, indulge myself in the open mouth of the bay and see what I come up with. Maybe this question has inspired me.
I will say that in spending thirty-three kazillion hours in a van connecting the dots across this gigantic country, I have been given plenty of time to write and think. I know that several song ideas have been sparked and spawned while staring blankly out the window with wandering random melodies swimming through my road noise-numb head. Hmmm, actually maybe all my songs are influenced by our landscape.

— Tim Walker