I would hate to think my songs were giving advice to people.

Songs you can dip in and out of, but a book... well, it can overpower you.

I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs.

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.

The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.

People think I'm a miserable sod but it's only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.