"I first met Michael in 1989. Not long after, I found myself at Rhinoceros Recording Studio in Sydney while INXS were recording their 1990 album, X. I left school around this time to chase my dream of becoming a photographer, and Michael, generous as ever, took me under his wing and let me learn by photographing him. Over the next eight years, we formed an incredible friendship, and whenever we were together he gave me the freedom to capture him through my lens."
- Richard Simpkin
