Something I'm curious about

No - in the old days I know people were concerned about putting certain things close together out of fear of "cross talk" between channels and tracks on tape

In a DAW you do not need to worry about this at all so just order them in whatever way you want to suit your workflow

That is just what I need, kit bleed on a vocal track.

For the OP, a convention that works for you is good to have so all projects have similar navigation (especially if large). It is all personal preference, but when you are familiar with layouts, it is easier to get things done efficiently.

I am embarrassed by how much MIDI routing traces I have done over the years just to get up to speed on "what routes where."

I wonder how old that interview is.

I may not be able to make sense of why asked that, but I'll try.
 
I use Photoshop regularly. The order of the layers make a difference. That's what made me start wondering if the order of the tracks also made a difference.
 
If I'm using Superior Drummer I always have the drums up top in a folder. Bass below that. Then the guitars below that since that's the last thing I'd be recording.

I tend to change orders throughout a mix. The main exception is the drums. If I have a kit I keep all the drums on the same colored tracks and in one place usually into a drum buss. 
 
The reason I move tracks is because I can see the wave forms compared better. If It seems something isn't lining up, I might drag the tracks in question close to one another and spread out the wave forms to get a better idea on the alignment. It's easy in Sonar, just grab the track and drag it.

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I tend to change orders throughout a mix. The main exception is the drums. If I have a kit I keep all the drums on the same colored tracks and in one place usually into a drum buss. 
 
The reason I move tracks is because I can see the wave forms compared better. If It seems something isn't lining up, I might drag the tracks in question close to one another and spread out the wave forms to get a better idea on the alignment. It's easy in Sonar, just grab the track and drag it.

I see the logic, but when I want to compare waveforms I just select the 2 (or more) tracks I'm interested in and hit ctrl + shift + h to hide every other track and maximise the remaining ones in one go.

Funny topic ,, but it made me realize I put my tracks  somewhat the way I've always set up a FOH mixer. 
Vocals in first channels left to right across the stage, then the instruments  and then drums on the far right in what ever channels where left over. So my Sonar track view has the Vocals at the top and drums at the bottom with everything else between. If I open the console view it look the way I like.  I think it does sound better this way!! 

Whatever works. It is good to share tips though.

I guess I always put vocals on top (left side of mixer equals top in DAW, then guitars, on down.