I've always been against recreating or re-recording samples, but I managed to re-record one or two that were just too expensive and it was just ridiculous.

I wanted the album to be aerodynamic, like an airplane taking off from a runway - all of a sudden you're in the air.

I make a living from storytelling - if you're a public person and you sing songs about getting married to get a visa, and you are actually doing that, you're gonna end up in trouble.

The fate of a song is often established in the first 15 minutes of writing.

I must admit that it seems like my mind really reconstructs some things, and in a very - I just know that it seems like some things are not as I remembered them when I do some investigation.

Family and friends always need to be bigger than your music career, and in that sense, your music will be bigger because you respect your family and your friends more.

I'm not too fond of the typical Australian activities or culture. I'm not into surfing.