I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the Johnny Cash Show on television in Wangaratta when I was about 9 or 10 years old. At that stage I had really no idea about rock'n'roll. I watched him and from that point I saw that music could be an evil thing, a beautiful, evil thing.

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

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.

My records are basically a litany of complaints against the world, and I'm quite like that in real life as well.

God has matured. He is not the impulsive, bowelless being of the Testaments - the vehement glorymonger, with His bag of cheap carny tricks and his booming voice - the fiery huckster with his burning bushes and his wonder wands. Nowadays God knows what He wants and He knows who He wants.

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer.