An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany. |
At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration. |
Aw, look, I don't know, ... I think I'd rather him do that than me. |
Aw, look, I don't know. I think I'd rather him do that than me. |
For me, what we didn't want was the American-style hero, |
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that. |
I always heard it musically, and I guess it's written rhythmically as well ... It's very similar to the way my band operates. There are moments of intense violence and there are also moments of long, lyrical, quiet sadness. |
I always heard it musically, and I guess it's written rhythmically as well, |
I guess in all these films, ... there is a sense that morality is a luxury that we can afford in less fraught times, but in extreme situations and extreme environments, morality becomes a very grey issue. |
I just sat down and banged it out in the spirit of those old Hollywood guys. |
I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music. |
I think for Johnny, Australia had its western story as well, |
I think I have always had a pretty strong creative impulse. And that has probably saved me from abandoning myself completely. |
I think there is a certain perversity in my music in that I continue, you know, to eat at the same ball of vomit year after year. |
I was determined not to spend inordinate amounts of time on something I felt would fundamentally never get made. |