People Think I'm A Miserable Sod But

But If You're Gonna Dine With Them Cannibals Sooner Or Later, Darling, You're Gonna Get Eaten . . .

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.

I've Never Been Interested In Being Relevant.

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

Songwriting, I Have To Take Myself Away From Everybody To Do. It's An Unsightly Act.