Jimmy Barnes

I sat in on some songwriting classes, and it was really bloody hard, a lot of music theory. I'd be sitting there, and they'd be talking all this music theory, and the teacher would say, 'Let's ask our guest Jimmy what he thinks,' and I'd be sitting there thinking, 'Please don't ask me, please don't ask me.'

All the religions are basically good, but there's something about organised religion that leads to corruptness and poison.

My childhood in Adelaide was filled with sport. I played soccer from morning until night.

I don't want to become a laid-back artist by any stretch of the imagination.

There are new children arriving and trying to reach our lucky country every day, and I hope that we can all work together to help them find their dream, too.

Politicians have been spreading fear, saying if we're letting in refugees, we're letting in terrorists. It's not the truth. We've got to recognise the difference between terrorism and people who are refugees; people who are struggling.