“Jim Swan was my father, but Reg Barnes was my dad.” — 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.