Artists thrive off each other, and when you see other people doing cool stuff, it inspires you to do cool stuff.

I grew up listening to Nirvana, and then went through some bad 90s pop stuff - a lot of Australian one-hit wonders.

Sometimes I have something stuck in my head and that directs the rhyme that I'm writing with.

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until I was around 20.

The music, I think, is just as important as the lyrics; it portrays the emotion of the song. I play the kind of music that I want to listen to.

Once you write and record a song, it becomes everyone else's song.