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

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.

'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.

It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia.

Some are exploring the world through the subconscious. I've done that on occasions for various reasons, whether it be illness or self abuse, or whatever. Once things start to look grotesque I don't write them or sing them. I couldn't write them - making nightmares into living daylight...The minute it gets dark I shoot back, retreat.

Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild West mentality. It's intrinsic to the American psyche. It's never going to change.

Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.