Chet Faker

“It was definitely hard when I first started, and by no means do I consider my live show to be where I want it to be; it will develop step by step for the rest of my life.”

“All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'”

“I studied audio engineering at university. The background I am from, music was never seen as a viable career; it was always a hobby.”

“I love that way dance music can put you in a trance.”

“Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have to process that via song.”

“I have had a pretty hardcore crash course on living out of a suitcase. Some people take consistency in their lives for granted. When you have little to none, you discover it's kind of a nice thing.”

“I think that connection with humans is so important. Sometimes I'll do this monologue and talk to the crowd, like, 'Come on, let's really connect here.' I don't think a lot of people understand it's a two-way exchange. Some people go to a show and are like, 'Yeah, you make me feel.' That's not how it works.”

“Our generation's grown up with the Internet, so it's an extension of our social lives; it's an extension of us. It makes perfect sense for me to use that medium.”

“I think the most-played record in our house was the 'Big Chill' Soundtrack - so Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, Otis Redding. I think that's where I got my love for a good hook, a good soul hook - really smooth and warm and from the heart.”

“My high school career counsellor said I shouldn't pursue music as a career.”

“I would consider my diary serves the same purpose as going for a walk or a run. They are all physical ways of clearing a mental landscape.”

“I'd wear all APC if I could afford it and wasn't embarrassing to go head-to-toe in one brand.”

“It's like my parents' musical tastes are the mother and father of my music. It's their fault for making me so emotional and in tune with my emotions!”

“Chet Faker's a reference to the late Chet Baker. I'm a big fan of his vocal style; it's quite fragile and soft, and that was a style I wanted to take on.”

“You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it.”

“I hate fame. There's this assumption that everyone wants it - that by being a musician, I've signed up for it at some point. But personally, what I signed up for is sharing my music. I've always said I'd rather have four No. 10 songs than one No. 1 hit.”

“Learning to appreciate those things that aren't related to success has proved the biggest lesson.”

“On my Instagram, lots of people tag me in photos of just dudes with beards, and they're like, 'Oh my God, I met Chet Faker' and I'm like, 'That doesn't even look like me.'”

“Sometimes I have to deal with trolls, and I just block them. But most of the time, Twitter's heaps of fun, actually.”

“I'm a humanist at heart: at the end of the day, we are all human beings.”