I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid. — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
Things change when you learn to loosen your grip. I think one way and the future is desperate. I think another way everything is in sight. Trees bend so branches don't have to break. We mend the wounds of our last mistake... I live one way holding onto the fence post. I live another way sliding off into space. Each… — Tim Finn Copy Share
The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create… — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
The big change was reggae and hip-hop, which came along after Split Enz had started. When Bob Marley first visited New Zealand, he lit a fuse that is still burning very brightly. The Maori people particularly honor reggae music in a very big way. So there is a strong reggae scene and a strong hip-hop scene, especially among Samoans. There's… — Tim Finn Copy Share
There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common… — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
I think quite a lot of people have a friendship or a love that's gone like that and it never quite reconciles properly. — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
Weave me a rope from this dark despair, from this dull-eyed pain... Weave me a rope from this endless night, from this distant shore...… — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
When you learn how to trust your feelings then you'll know how to recognize it - That part of you that needs no healing… — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
It's a non-stop invention, this game of life, and as soon as you think you've got it, you lose it. — Tim Finn Copy Share Image
