I Have A Particular Dislike For Children's

I've Spent My Life Butting My Head Against Other People's Lack Of Imagination.

I'm An Australian, And When I Grew Up Much Of My Influences Were American - Blues Music And Country Music, All That Sort Of Thing.

I Love America. I Really Do. It's By Far The Place I Like Visiting Out Of Anywhere In The World. I Get A Palpable Sense Of Excitement When The Plane's Landing. It's A Cliché, But There's Still An Incredible Energy About New York In Particular.

At School I Was An Anti-magnet For Women.

I Was About 12 Years Old And I Was Sitting Watching The Television And It Was Some Kind Of Talent Show, You Know, And On Marches This Monkey, This Ape, In A Pair Of Red-checked Trousers With A Little Matching Jacket Holding A Ukelele And It Started Jigging Around Playing It, And It Was Looking Straight Into The Camera, Straight At Me, And I Remember Thinking, That's It, That'll Be Me, You Know, That'll Be Me.