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I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

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I think it's a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning.

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Personally I find the story of Christ incredibly moving.

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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.

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When you're making a film, there are so many people involved that you get opinions and notes from people and you don't even know who they are. I find that quite difficult and it wears you down.

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I've watched 'Oprah Winfrey.' And I'm proud. I don't care what anybody says! I don't know whether I've watched it. I've been in the room while it's been on.

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Certainly being proficient in an instrument does have its problems. Because the better you get, the more you just start sounding like an ordinary guitarist. There are certainly guitarists that transcend that and do really find their sound and all that sort of stuff.

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When I perform onstage, I'm actually kind of nearsighted, so I don't have any real, true understanding of what the audience is like.

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I was reading The Bible a lot through my 20s, mostly the Old Testament, just because I was knocked out by the language and the stories. I felt that the God being talked about there, who was this insane, vindictive patriarch - it was kind of thrilling, and titillated something in me at the time.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Musician

Born: September 22nd, 1957

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