Urban artist have to face the stigma not only from white Australia but black Australia too; that's horrific when people say that their art isn't "Abo…

- Warwick Thornton

You don't actually have to understand the song to be emotionally moved and uplifted, whereas with language it becomes quirky and analytical.

- Warwick Thornton

I was looking for an opportunity to make my first feature, so I asked myself: "What do you want to do? Is there something you can give to the world?"

- Warwick Thornton

In most of my films I write the music into the script. I'm listening to songs and lyrics that empower the themes of the film. There's a lot of Indige…

- Warwick Thornton

The most dangerous thing is a bored teenager. They have the stigma of being Indigenous, Aboriginal, and all the trappings that come with it. The conn…

- Warwick Thornton

I come from a place where you don't need to talk all the time. There are sign languages you learn.

- Warwick Thornton

When you're in other people's country you don't speak your own language out of respect. You don't need to speak.

- Warwick Thornton

You live with someone until they accept that you are what you are, that you're not going to change and they love that about you - and then they decid…

- Warwick Thornton

I love music more than language: it's the best, it's universal.

- Warwick Thornton