I suppose ever since I was about 14, I remember listening to "Sgt. Pepper's," and I remember thinking, "how do you possibly write songs like that?" I remember starting to try and write songs around that age, but just sitting around with an acoustic guitar, and try to come up with ideas for songs, and that's just what I've done ever since. I just never really stopped doing that, I suppose.

I had a very strange career. I mean I went from playing to 150,000 people in 1983/84. Three or four years later I was playing to four people, you know, in Melbourne. I thought - bit strange, you know bit odd, bit erratic.

I love going up the West Coast of the U. S. because it's one of my favorite parts of the world to tour.

It's frustrating to do albums that you think are worth listening to, but it's just so difficult to cut through.

I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

I tried talking to Jesus, but he just put me on hold.

I tend to write, either myself, or I sometimes write with a co-writer, my friend that lives up the road. It's usually a relatively solitary thing, but I do like coming up with ideas.