I think as a teen who was thrust into the public eye pretty quickly, I got overwhelmed easily and felt constant pressure to be a certain type of person.Collection: Teen
I think I learned 'Smoke On The Water,' then 'Eye of the Tiger,' then 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'Collection: Teen
We are all human and all make mistakes, sometimes we hurt the ones we love and inevitably, ourselves in the process.
At primary school I was in a world of my own and often I would get told off for being too loud, Then when I was around six, I woudn't go to class. I would be in school , but running around the playground having a great time while everyone else was in lessons.
Time just gets away from you so quickly. And there's these moments that will never come around again. And there's something so terrifying, but also so beautiful about that.
I had the Foo Fighters' 'Live at Hyde Park' DVD, and my dad had the AC/DC box set, and I used to watch them all the time.
I had the Slash 'How to Play Guitar' DVD. I just wanted to be the best guitarist, like, ever. My brother played guitar, and he taught me 'Smoke on the Water,' and I played it over and over again for ages.
You've got to be this massive entity on stage, and just bring people in and make them have a good time.
I grew up with a lot of Australian rock music. My dad loves AC/DC and INXS was a big one. My mom was more on the softer musical end of the spectrum, so Crowded House and stuff like that. Definitely all of my rock influences are very Australian typical.
When you start a band like we did - we started with pretty pop-punk roots - the whole plan is to get out of the whole town and to make something of yourself.
I was very lucky to be a part of going to so many different countries and cities and seeing so many different cultures and people, living that lifestyle at such a young age.
A lot of bands have to change what they sound like, but we are exactly the band that we want to be: a pop band, definitely, but we've got a rock and punk edge.
The first gig we ever played was at a pub in Sydney called the Annandale Hotel to approximately 12 people.
AC/DC being such a huge Aussie band is definitely something I carry with me, and it still means a lot with us being from Australia.
The only way to be original in your songwriting is to write about your own experiences, and I think that's what we try to do as a band.
I think it's really important to have a good team around you. They're the ones that are going to make you go the whole way so you gotta treat them really well.
When you're 16 you write about different things to when you're 21 and have fallen out of love and been on the road for six years and have a house.
Wow. Debuting No. 1 on the ARIA charts on my first solo release means more than I could ever express.
I don't know anything about the Chicago Bears, but I know a few things about bears. I know they eat fish out of rivers sometimes. They like salmon. They're cuddly-looking, but they're very vicious.
I think for a band like us, we're all really close friends. We grew up and went to school together. We're not by ourselves.
If there's a problem we can talk to anyone in the band. There's other people around us. Everyone in the band are on the same level. We know and help each other.
The first album was written over the course of a couple of year while we were supporting One Direction on tour. It was us trying to figure out exactly who we were as a band.
For this second album, which was written in about three months, we knew exactly who we were and what we wanted to do.
When you're driven to your absolute limit, working 14 hours for 14 days straight, you have to know what you want, and not listen to all this other crap outside.