I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way.

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.

You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan.

I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.

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.

As people buy less and less records, it's become more and more important for me to spend more and more on them - to lavish that much more attention on them. The Bad Seeds were always quite protective and old school, but Grinderman has opened us up to do anything and be shameless. We're not so precious about it.

Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated.