“I’ve worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.”

The Bee Gees no longer exist.

Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done.

I love making records; I love making music; I love writing songs.

I have a little dictaphone and if a sound takes my fancy or if a lyric comes to me in the middle of the night I’ll just record it there and then.

When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn’t work out that way if someone else records it

It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man’s daughter would not understand blues.

You are never really prepared for criticism.

I’ve never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing

The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you’ve got to come home.

We enjoy change and freshness, and disco was only one area we’ve delved into.

I’m very much a family person.

When you are in your 20’s and 30’s, you just want a hit record and you don’t really care how it happens

As long as you’re having fun, that’s the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it’s over.

I’m Mr Boring, not a party-goer at all.

I will always have my songs and I don’t think I will ever dry-up

I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them

I pretend I’ve got lots of confidence and I’m a big jock and like that but deep inside I’m a frightened, insecure, can’t-make-it failure.

I’m not as hard on myself anymore. I’m comfortable exactly where I am, though it took me until I was 34 years old! I still have things I’m really insecure about, but I’ve changed by loving me – C-section scars, stretch marks, and all.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won’t be talked about.

If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‘healthy’ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations’ economic health.

I’m the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life.

Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward.

Most spiritual seekers move away from this insecurity by seeking and striving for a distant spiritual goal. That’s how they avoid feeling insecure.