In getting older, I find myself becoming progressively more ineffectual in a lot of different ways, and part of that is down to no longer having the youthful feeling that what you're doing has any true impact.

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

I don't write happy songs. Who does? I don't know anybody who writes happy songs, really.

I'm hugely self-critical in the morning.

All of our days are numbered. We cannot afford to be idle. To act on a bad idea is better than to not act at all, because the worth of an idea never becomes apparent until you do it.

There are times when I think I can sing it better, but usually I find that I can't.

I don't know, maybe Australian humour isn't supposed to be funny. It's as dry as the Sahara, and I think people miss that.