Graeham Goble - Personal Life

Personal Life

Graeham Goble has spent much of his adult life in the study of spirituality and related concepts:

"I believe very much in spiritual realms. I've done a lot of spiritual study - not religious study, but spiritual study, I think there's a big difference - and I believe in things like guardian angels and the angelic realm. My studies have taught me that when we sleep our soul leaves our body and we go up and have interaction with the spiritual realms. ... My view has always been that no-one's got the dibs on truth, and I've moved through lots of different beliefs and actually arrived at Rudolf Steiner."

Goble divorced in 1998 after 24 years of marriage. He has four children: Elisha, Joshua, Nathan and Charlotte; and two grandchildren: Lily and Harrison. A second marriage in 2000 ended in 2003. Goble remains close to his children. Three of them appeared on his 2006 album The Days Ahead, and all attended his 2004 induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

In April 2003, Goble sought treatment for codeine dependence. Suffering from recurrent headaches, he had increased his intake of analgesics to an alarming level. Goble required three weeks' hospitalisation to treat his condition. He was forced to withdraw from six performances with Birtles Shorrock Goble, including a corporate function for Hagemeyer in Bangkok, Thailand. Goble's son Joshua took his place for two of the six performances.

Goble believes that his life experiences have made him a better songwriter:

"I think the quality of what I'm doing is very high and the songs are very meaningful because I've lived a lot now. I've written from the point of view of somebody who's been through the mill and come out the other side."

Goble currently lives in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

In 2008 Goble's son Joshua won the first NAB Songwriting Competition with his song "It's Our Time".