The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.

Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.

There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe.

I've got some words of wisdom.

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.

I have a very strange relationship in general with women around my music. There's some that understand it and some that think there should be a law against it.

I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things.