A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.

The body becomes the carrier for the work. It's not really about the physical body; it really becomes the apparatus that carries and moves the work. I don't really consider the body as much; I look at it as a tool.

I'm very happy to hear that my work inspires writers and painters. It's the most beautiful compliment, the greatest reward. Art should always be an exchange.

To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting.

One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full of that kind of stuff, whether it's true or untrue. It staggers me: why, in the short space assigned to a person or an event, that kind of random information is there. To be honest, that's wonderful fuel for songwriting.

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.