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

Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.

We are still struggling with people who don't feel comfortable going into museums. As a visual artist I ask how artists can be part of enacting a change.

I'm unable to really write the kind of song that doesn't have a visual element, which most songs don't.

I don't have any authority to talk about the domestic policies of America. But as an outsider, I am mystified by the fact that you are encouraged to buy a gun, but if you use it for the purpose that it is expressly designed for, you get the death penalty. That aspect of America is kind of mystifying.

Accessible local libraries are vital to communities and to children.

I write songs in batches and then record them and then can't write again for ages. I try and build one song upon another, they may not obviously look inter-related but often one song acts as a springboard into another.