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

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.

I don't really feel like a rock artist, but I guess in the small category of the world of music genres, that's where I fall in because I've got a guitar.

I started writing songs when I started learning guitar.

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.

When I was a teen, or like 18 to early 20s, I used to go to festivals all the time. I'd save all my money.

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.