“I’m not particularly worried by any of the songs we’ve written in the past, except for some of the really early stuff which is total tripe.”

For Christmas when I was about four I got given ‘Can the can’ by Susie Quatro, so that was the first record I got. And I got Skyhooks “Ego is not a Dirty Word….

I enjoy the song writing process more than anything. It’s what I like the most, just sitting in my room with guitar or at the piano or something.

I saw my first gig here actually (Festival Hall in Brisbane) Duran Duran.

I was sorta listening to the Beatles and stuff the whole time since I was about ten anyway, then I started getting into Kiss and David Bowie at the same time

Hi, this is Bernard Fanning from Powderfinger. I’m in New York at the moment, and we’ve been walking around the city, it’s pretty strange.

I was walking along with Darren and Cogsy yesterday and we saw this guy playing cards, a little two up type swindle, and he ripped this guy off for like one hundred bucks in like, ten seconds, and the guy started complaining so he just packed up his shop and left!

Just making something up, something that’s not there, that suddenly is there.

There is a constant battle between Cogsy and I as who’s the biggest psycho in the band

Living with less stuff helps you tune into your relationships.  

Focus on learning stuff that helps you take the best actions towards your goals.

If you spend more and more money toward stuff, you lose focus on what matters most and lessen our ability to pursue it.  

Once you’re able to let go of unwanted stuff from your life, your world gets so much brighter.

Less stuff is less stress.  

Minimalism isn’t a poor lifestyle. It’s a tool to get rid of unnecessary stuff.

Decluttering unnecessary stuff always felt rewarding.  

The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation.