Do what you love in your community.
I think commercial success is really important. It means there are more people listening, and you're affecting the zeitgeist more. If only a hundred people know you exist, it's harder to get your message across.
I am not a woman. I am a force of nature.
Songs need to have a secret, cryptic, thematic thing about them, otherwise they are just messy and all over the place.
I'll always prefer to play with women and hang out with women, and I'll always be a feminist.
You need to write on your own and produce your own life.
You’ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peers… You will be a floozy and a slattern. He will be virile and a ladies’ man. You will be a freakshow, a retching wretch, a sloppy drunk. He will be charismatic, vainglorious, a ferocious drunk and Dionysian. You will be indiscriminate and desperate. He will be generous, tortured and driven.
Being called close-minded by religious people is a bit like being called yellow by a bunch of bananas.
My best game plan is to sit on the bench and call out specific instructions like 'C'mon Boog,' 'Get a hold of one, Frank,' or 'Let's go, Brooks. '
I think it displayed what the Australia Council does so well, the awarding of artists who at various steps in their career had been encouraged by the Australia Council.
A difficult decision for the referee's assistant. I wouldn't beat him up over it.