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

It's easier to be angry. It's harder to be positive and happy, I reckon.

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.

People should be free to take whatever they want from music and I think that over time I realized that different people always find different things in my songs, which is really good.

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!"

I don't like to overcook songs.

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.