Felix Riebl Quotations

We already knew that any soul and jazz band has to go through James Brown. He didn't impart any wisdom -- he mumbled a lot when we talked to him -- but we learned a lot from his performance.

We're quite comfortable playing to anyone. Our music adapts to the situation.

We were jazz musicians in the early days. But as soon as we brought in the DJ, the shows turned from people sitting down to dancing.

We're from Melbourne. And Melbourne has a scene where anything goes.

My little 8-year-old brother drew a picture of three cats and he wrote 'Cat Empire' under them. When we were looking for a name, I saw that drawing and it stuck with us.

We do a lot of improvisation. There's definitely an element in the music that is well-suited to that scene.