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.

I have to be able to pull you in. How can I diversify my audiences? What role do I have to play to be part of that shift? I have to take that seriously.

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

I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

It's an Australian thing to be dismissive. We find that endearing. Americans don't. They believe what you say.

At school I was an anti-magnet for women.

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.