Zoe Barron, Journalist

“Some of the CDs that I’m influenced by, by guys like Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf and all that, there are mistakes in there... there are gazillions of Muddy Waters songs where you hear him say the wrong thing.”

There are few surprises here, but far fewer disappointments.

“The images that she was painting, they were so visceral in the text, I just wanted to double-handle that. I really wanted to give us the experience that she’s having.”

"I think it’s the best job you can ever have. It’s amazing. And it’s not just a job, either, it’s a whole lifestyle. For circus performers, their whole life revolves around circus.”

“We never felt like we really belonged in the ‘80s. We still don’t belong in the era we’re in. We didn’t feel like we belonged in a previous era, but we just didn’t relate to what was around us. We were kind of our own little universe. And we still feel like that.”

“I sort of officially have no home anymore, and kind of have officially got addicted to that idea, too... It’s not so much on the run, but it’s like, when you’re on the move, it’s kinda really refreshing. You know, you’ve got a reason to get out of bed.”

"The development of it into three people was to generate more of that tension and more of that dialogue."

“I’m always the guy with the iPod, kind of DJing and trying to make everyone dance. So I figured I’d make a danceable kind of record. And try to marry it with considered lyrics… often with those types of songs that I’d play, the lyrics would be fairly throw-away and a bit of an afterthought.”

Paul Capsis is not one for boxes. He talks to Zoe Barron about theatre, music, and all the things in between.