The Artistic Process Seems To Be Mythologized

I Don't Really Do Japanese Interviews. I Don't Think There's Much Call For Me In Japan.

The Way I Take In The World Is By Seeing It; That Is Very Much Evident In The Songs That I Write.

The Writer Who Refuses To Explore The Darker Regions Of The Heart Will Never Be Able To Write Convincingly About The Wonder, The Magic And The Joy Of Love For Just As Goodness Cannot Be Trusted Unless It Has Breathed The Same Air As Evil.

It's Very Important That The Music Has A Sense Of Adventure To It, And That It's Done By The Seat Of Your Pants. There's A Kind Of Nervy Element About It.

I Lost My Innocence With Johnny Cash. I Used To Watch The Johnny Cash Show On Television In Wangaratta When I Was About 9 Or 10 Years Old. At That Stage I Had Really No Idea About Rock'n'roll. I Watched Him And From That Point I Saw That Music Could Be An Evil Thing, A Beautiful, Evil Thing.