"It’s funny to think we were 15 when this album first blessed our ears. We became obsessed."
Love Letter to a Record (Page 16)
"It was a sound I had been looking for, but up until then, I hadn’t known existed."
"From that first listen at age 14 right up to now at age 33 you transport me to a place.…
"I love when a singer can make you feel as though you are having a conversation with them as well…
"I have never been so inspired by a single musician in my life and by such a strong message throughout…
"I had been influenced by badass, blunt women before but not like this."
"When I was in year 6 I was in love with a boy called Christopher, we were about 9 years…
How can you not feel connected to songs about such intimate subject matter?
"You made your mark on an 8-year-old ballet girl that never knew that leotards and art-rock could work synonymously."
"I was sitting in the family ute when my dad (the original indie kid) popped his dub of ‘Is This…
"It was like you had found the 11 herbs and spices to make a great record and coated every damn…
"No other album had inspired or driven me more to become a musician."
"When you’re fumbling through your adolescence, trying to make sense of the world around you, one song can change a…
"It’s now been 14 years since the day I rode that bike to Brent's house to meet you and goddamn,…
"If I throw all of my jumbled feelings into the music they somehow land in a more organised jumble after…
"I can pinpoint that night exactly as the dawn of my deep love affair with soul music."
"Diversity was handed to you on a white, pink and blue platter with a smiley face on top."
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