"I suppose you would have to look at track no. 4 (Give Yourself a Kiss) from my debut CD release 'from the inside' to discover some answers to this.

As a young boy, I was absolutely fascinated watching and listening to singers and performers on television or wherever, and feeling that there would be a day, when I would take to the stage myself, and express my own stories through songs.

While only tinkering on the guitar, my life became preoccupied with other things and as the years rolled on, those inner feelings that had been accumulating along the way, were becoming condensed and were in need of venting some how.

At the age of 24, I found myself drawn to my guitar and learning a song or two, but couldn't find the direction that was needed.

For many reasons, the next 4 or 5 years slipped by, before a tragic incident occurred, with the loss of a very close friend and family member. This moved me immensely.

It was at this point in time, I grasped my own path in life and found myself emerging as a songwriter. It was only a week or so later, I wrote my first song, 'Never Goodbye', in Tabatha's memory.

Not long after that, another song emerged, 'Children in the Playground'. (Which was triggered by a war statement by G. Bush- Snr.) Then came a time of experimenting and playing with a lot of words and chords, but for a while, I was lacking the inspired need to write a song.

The need to continue returned quickly, and inspiration to write, became much easier to find, with more love in my life, and finding it much easier to care for others, lyrical concepts such as 'From the Inside', 'Our Journey', 'Bathurst to Byron Bay' and 'Lady Stonemason' were emerging as potential songs.
These writings surfaced, at a time when my live performances were beginning to get a grounding and the picture of becoming an original, contemporary singer/songwriter, was beginning to take shape and was finally becoming a reality.

The years to follow would become a time of writing, performing, collecting life's experiences, and filling the picture of where I am today.
In more recent times, inspiration to write, comes in many and varied forms. After looking back, I would like to think that the songs that I write now and in the future, remain sensitive, and not to be restricted, sidetracked or stereotyped by commercial pressures, nor deviate greatly, from the original path of songwriting, which I found myself on, many years ago".