The songs that I like are the ones that you can't visualize, that are just cries from the heart - those very straight, direct songs that make rock & roll music so wonderful.

Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

I'm a big fan of teatowels and am always on the lookout for a good one.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.