I feel very much a part of what I'm writing about, and I'm writing about things that concern me on a daily basis. I'm not really interested in writing musical diaries, if you know what I mean.

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.

Love is a state that I would like to exist in continuously.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

I can control the weather with my moods. I just can’t control my moods.

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

It's a wonderful life if you can find it.

He who seeks, finds, and who knocks, will be let in.

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.

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .

The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.

Just do it! First you make your habits, then your habits make you!

Good Evening to inline expectations have not materialized, I hope tomorrow you can be hugged with the smile that tick, under the morning light through the sweet lips.

Because all the brilliant ones- they can sing it and they can paint it, but they can't do it. You can't expect them to love you.

Heaven did not seem to be my home

Oblige me by taking away that knife. I can't look at the point of it. It reminds me of Roman history.

A journey indeed, in an emotional roller-coaster.

God, you smell nice, ” he whispered. “I've missed that smell. I've missed everything about you, little Ann.

There's no question that we need tougher drunk-driving laws for repeat offenders. We need to take a lesson from European countries where driving isn't a right but a privilege.

It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass.

Out of resistance comes strength.