Tom Cochrane

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.

The Monarch is the Big Bad to this one family of former adventurers, but we've always known there is a bureaucracy of villains that is a workman-like aspect to them.