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 first song I wrote was called "You" and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist. I remember them all because I used to always write terrible poetry. I keep all my notebooks.

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

I think that a good song is catchy, and a great song is not catchy - but it has a deeper meaning.

There's lots of interesting stuff happening in the world. Lots of good and bad things, and there's interest in music still, which there always will be, which is always a good thing.

I think everyone's so scared of other people judging them.

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.