My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a songwriter you need something to hang a song on, to give it some kind of presence and form. For me, Susie is that.

You can't trust an artist that just makes good records.

Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.

That's what I like about watching a movie: you enter an imagined world that's more interesting, more engaging than your own. Or less painful than your own.

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

If you got a trumpet, get on your feet, brother, and blow it!

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.