In my earlier albums like 'Another Year' and 'Just A Boy,' I always saw myself as a bit of a loser - the kind of guy who takes a drink and walks into a wall instead of through the door.
Everybody writes about love and cheating and heartbreak. We've done all that.
It happens in this business - The Rolling Stones were ripped off, so were the Beatles. George Harrison hardly had anything left in the end.
I was a big-headed little guy.
I don't believe in muckin' about and hiding ambition.
A bit of arrogance is nice every now and then.
When you've sung the same song a million or a hundred thousand times, there are always moments when you drift off and go into automatic.
I think I topped 'When I Need You' with 'More Than I Can Say.'
I have always believed that there is no age factor to this music business. You are only as old as you feel and basically you can be a contender at any time.
I would love to be an Aussie citizen.
Korean audiences are amazing, they really love the music.
I really admire Ed Sheeran. He seems to have really beaten his way through and I think that's fantastic. He's his own man - good for him. But there aren't many of him out there.
Australians never give up. That's why I love this place. I never give up.
I am a troubadour, a wandering minstrel.
I never had kids, but I married once.
I'm writing a novel about a scallywag who is a bit like me.
I'm not into 'The Voice.' It's an affair between a television network and a record company.
Where are the John Lennons, the Bob Marleys, the Bob Dylans? Where have they gone?
Blissfully, I don't have the revenge gene.
The past is the past: what can you do about it?
