I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don't ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.

I think alcohol is a good drug for me when I'm writing. I don't think I've ever had a problem with it. I can stop for a few weeks, so I think it's okay. I don't think it's good for my liver, but I do love it. It's a huge part of my life, and it makes me happy.

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.

The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song.

Even though I live in America more, I feel like when I go to Adelaide, that's when I get to go home.

I do have that mindset - that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.