The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

No fish can swim until the King is born, until the King is born in Tupelo.

I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music.

Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built out of longing great wonders have been willed they're only little tears darling let them spill and lay your head upon my shoulder.

It's very intuitive, the way that I approach my work. I only buy something that has a pulse. I may not know how I'm going to use it, but I know it has a pulse and it has multiple readings - if I shift it one way or another, it can be read this way or it can be read that way, but both readings are critical and very much ground the work.

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.