We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it in their garages, like us, but they always reverted to pure rock when they got on stage.

There is an integrity to INXS, in the music, that makes it worthwhile.

Fame makes me feel wanted and loved, anybody wants that.

I've never tried to emulate anyone. I've never idolized people, I prefer instead to get off on attitudes.

We played every bar, party, pub, hotel lounge, church hall, mining town - places that made Mad Max territory look like a Japanese garden.

What we try to do with all of our albums, is live out our musical fantasies in the most honest fashion we know how...We want to include songs that lyrically cover subjects ranging from the heaviest things we've ever done to light-hearted experiences that can best be presented through sentimental bluesy ballads that are usually good for a chuckle or two.

I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press.