A window into the world of your favourite TLL2018 musicians when they were kids!
Paul McCartney at the MCG in 1993.
Trombone. But I quickly realised I couldn't really write 'songs' on a trombone. Hearing the Beatles and the Who set me on the six stringed path to the transient life of rock 'n roll I proudly live today.
New Zealand, my grandparents lived there so it was like a second home for me. I liked fishing with my Grandad and eating mussels.
Mr Blue Sky by ELO is one that sticks to this day.
A guitar player in a rock 'n roll band.
Transvision Vamp + Johnny Diesel.
My cousin Annie Lee is also Mourne Kransky of the Kransky Sisters. She used to do the most hilarious, bizarre and brilliant concerts in our lounge room. I was in awe of her as a kid (and still am!).
The violin. I never got good at it.
Everything by Roald Dahl, especially The Witches.
Tears on my Pillow by Kylie Minogue.
Tropical afternoon storms on our tin roof.
Black or White by Michael Jackson.
Being a little show off.
Jack Johnson at the River Stage.
Loved kicking a footy with my father, brothers & sisters. I was a tom-boy!
Do You Want to Know a Secret by The Beatles.
A boy. HA! Tom boy things! Haha.
Silverchair at the Newcastle Civic Theatre.
A pink elephant names 'Elly'.
Just camping near the beach in summer with my cousins. We did it every year.
I think it was Franz Ferdinand when I was on exchange in Germany at 15 years old.
One of my dads when I was 2 weeks old! I wish I could remember it haha.
My dad bought me a Ukulele when I was 14. It changed everything for me.
Captain Underpants was a game changer.
The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson.
Make believe - I had a space underneath our Queenslander home that had all of my toys and the dollhouse I made out of scrap wood from my mother's renovations. I made furniture and paintings out of recycled things and paint cards from the hardware store. I also played witches for many years... I sort of still do!
The piano - I found it was a great starting place for music as all the notes are laid out in front of you. From there I went to the glockenspiel (it's like a metal piano!) and orchestral percussion. The whole time I was singing, though.
Using my imagination and using my hands to create things. I love craft and collage. Even now as a singer on my days off I like to sit and do art as a way of thinking differently and getting ideas out.
Math, sugar and cold swimming pools.
Camping next to a waterfall.
Famous Five. Any of them.
Getting out of bed in winter.
Having a snotty nose and a birds nest in my hair.
A fairy princess or one of the Spice Girls.
Wannabe by The Spice Girls has got to be up there.