I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

Smoke Ring for My Halo was the first album I bought of Kurt's Vile, and when I first listened to "Peeping Tomboy" I was really depressed and unemployed. But the lyrics are, "I don't want to work. I don't want to sit around all day frowning." I was like, "Ah! Yes!"

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.

If I'm not touring I'd just be at home, just driving - I'm kind of at a loss for how that stuff works.

Every time I write a song it feels like it could be the last one I do, or it always feels like a fluke.

I don't like to overcook songs.

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.