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" Most screen violence is tedious. "

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" The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new. "

" Despite what people might think, I'm not interested in being dark all the time. I'm actually searching for some kind of light, and I'm always very happy when I can achieve that. "

" I've always had an obligation to creation, above all. "

" The concept of God in America is very different than it is in England. Because we see the horrendous outcome of religion as being an American thing, in which the name of God has been hijacked by a gang of psychopaths and bullies and homophobes, and the name of God has been used for their own twisted agendas. "

" At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out. "

" There are methods to creating a mayhem that sounds different from your usual mayhem. Because mayhem and a heavy drum backbeat end up sounding like Green Day or something. But if you put a different beat within it to create some air and lightness, the chaos comes through better. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. "

" Most of my ideals and stuff really come from my mother. "

" The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star. "

" 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've always worn suits. To me they're a very practical kind of thing to wear. You put one on and don't really have to think about what you're going to wear. "

" Most of the time, feelings just seem to get in the way. They're a luxury for the idle, a bourgeois concept. Feelings are overrated. "

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" If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things. "

" I'm a kind of hard-wired pessimist. I can't help but see the world in a certain kind of way. "

" Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. "

" I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. "

" Personally I find the story of Christ incredibly moving. "

" The guitar is something you kind of embrace, and the piano is something you kind of - when you play it, you sort of push it away. It feels very different. "

" What I'm resistant to is the 'Walk the Line' biopic, where you have this redemptive life done in two hours. It just doesn't wash with me. I've been there and things don't work out that way. "

" Moving to the country is a very bold thing to do. You can have vague romantic notions about doing that, but in actuality, it can be a terrifying thing. "

" If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. "

" When you're on your own, you have all the self-censorship that everybody has when they try and write. All the little voices that say, 'No, you can't write that, what will they think of that?' "

" A gentleman never talks about his tailor. "

" If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences. "

" My music has to do with beauty, and it's intended to, if not lift the spirits, then be a kind of a balm to the spirits. "