I look at you and you look at me and deep in our hearts know it That you weren't much of a muse, but then I weren't much of a poet

Brother, be a brother, fill this tiny cup of mine. And please, sir, make it whiskey: I have no head for wine!

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 to be able to see the thing that's going on that I'm writing about, or else it just doesn't make any sense to me.

A gentleman never talks about his tailor.

You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate.

I don't really care who collects my work, black, white, red, yellow. You have to also be consciously aware of, what does this mean in your home? And how are you supporting this work and the message behind the work?