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"If we started paying attention to people’s opinions of how we make music, what we do, what’s valid, what’s not, what’s good, what’s not, we’d cease making music that’s honest."

"Little Red was – we all sort of kind of wanted to push it in different directions and it was just getting a bit out of control.”

“I used to shy away from playing Bauhaus songs live but, these days I just don’t want to be that self-indulgent."

“I thought that I would be a household name. I certainly thought I’d be doing it this long, I just thought that I wouldn’t be so tawdry.”

“I started recording for a laugh in November, 2011 – what’s happened since has been completely unintentional, I was just literally making stuff to share at the pub on Saturday night.”

“What really matters are the reactions of the fans and how we feel about the music. The critics’ reviews are bullshit."

“We have pretty good signals. Everyone follows my signals pretty good, so it’s pretty loose looking but it’s really organised chaos.”

“We use to say we are road surfers because we are awful real surfers. We all have been trying to learn [to] surf a couple of times."

"I’m not competing with young people, I’m keeping it true. This music comes from my heart.”

Get to know Icehouse legend Iva Davies.

"To make a decision like that and to come out and be open with something and then be met with such support is definitely humbling and something that I won’t soon forget."

"David and I also dance – the show has a really nice dramatic art, combining modern theatre and modern dance and, I guess, modern music."