People Think I'm A Miserable Sod But

After A While, You Just Don't Do Things You Don't Wanna Do - That's The Great Freedom You Get, The Older You Get. You Learn What To Do And What Not To Do, And What Will Be A Waste Of Time And What Won't Be A Waste Of Time.

My Muse Is My Wife. It's Not Some Vague Thing That Flutters Around The Astrosphere Or Wherever It Is. Sometimes As A Songwriter You Need Something To Hang A Song On, To Give It Some Kind Of Presence And Form. For Me, Susie Is That.

It's An Australian Thing To Be Dismissive. We Find That Endearing. Americans Don't. They Believe What You Say.

Sometimes The Song Isn't Strong Enough To Contain The Fiction, Because Memories Are Fictions.

The Older I Get, The More I Feel Those Kinds Of Ghosts - Especially The Women In My Life - Moving Out Of The Shadows A Bit More And Becoming More Present In My Life.