"I really like the violent, female protagonistic girly-pop in all those [Hayao] Miyazaki movies and stuff like that. I like that Asian culture still really embraces the action in all the music videos.”

"You gotta deal with the physicality of vocals changing, body dimensions changing, so you have to add that into the equation on top of just being an artist. There’s so much you gotta think about.”

“It’s not about comparisons or money. It’s about music.”

"I felt so proud that these people, who don’t understand the words I am singing, were still touched by their meaning, their power and their genuine feeling, so that they moved and danced."

“We were sick and tired of being in the band too for years because of Hank’s health issues, drugs. Then when he quit to get into Scientology and start a goth band we were like, ‘Okay, this is it. Fuck this.’”

“Music is always evolving. You got to work with everybody. Wherever you go, you have to evolve just like rhythm and blues evolved.”

“It feels like the gap has gotten pretty big in the role that music plays in people’s lives. There are people who genuinely really care about music who are the record buyers... and then there’s the people who have the radio on in the background at work."

“There’s still that distance between us that makes it hard for us to collaborate and create something new. But that said, who knows? There’s definitely no plans to do anything and I don’t see it happening, but then again I never saw us getting back together and playing shows either.”

“I can’t fucking wait... We are ready to play these songs, with this band. I honestly believe that this album is up there with our best."

"I like doing concept albums. I think that if you can write a cohesive story that goes over 12 tracks, but each track can also stand alone as a pop song, then there’s no reason why you shouldn’t do it."

"They were like old guys and they just rocked the hell out and they were so amazing. It doesn’t really matter I guess how old you are, it’s how much energy, physical energy you have for it."

“For us it was always a bit of a haven out the front of the Flinders Street Station, where you couldn’t get kicked out, really... But I think they’ve stopped that now, so I guess you need the [busking] licence.”

"I think maybe we’d had a few songs on Pitchfork or something – it’s funny when that happens, you just notice a lot of young dudes [in the crowd] with their arms crossed, checking you out. Like, ‘Is this cool? Should I be here?’ I remember there were a lot of young guys there doing that."

"I’ve got like 26 preliminary tracks at the moment, which is heaps... It’s like there’s a massive party in my head and I just need to kick everyone out."

"Everyone was arguing heaps already, and there was a lot of tension."

"They started getting all these right-wing weirdos coming to their shows. I hope that doesn’t happen to us.”

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