Who knows their own story? It certainly makes no sense when you’re in the middle of it

I've spent my life butting my head against other people's lack of imagination.

Hamlet got a gun now.

I write songs in batches and then record them and then can't write again for ages. I try and build one song upon another, they may not obviously look inter-related but often one song acts as a springboard into another.

I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.

The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.

'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.