Neil Finn
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn OBEis a New Zealand singer/songwriter and musician. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz, a project that he joined after it was initially founded by Tim Finn and others, and is now frontman for Crowded House. He has also recorded several successful solo albums and assembled diverse musicians for the 7 Worlds Collide project; contributor Ed O'Brien, also guitarist for Radiohead, has hailed Finn as popular music's "most prolific writer of...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth27 May 1958
CityTe Awamutu, New Zealand
I've been thinking about him every single night I've been on stage. I'm gutted I will never play with him again.
The thing about bands is they sometimes go through hard times but they see it through. This is the line-up that saw it through.
I am really looking forward to it - it's an opportunity to be a musician and not have to worry about finishing lyrics. That's a nice way to come down from touring.
It made me feel a bit more inclined to hang out with mates and play music.
It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.
They thoroughly deserve it... the way they've done, what they've done in that totally independent spirit is very admirable.
I don't really know how to do anything else very well, but I'm just starting to learn a few things about music.
It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.
What was stolen must be returned
And if I can't be with you I would rather have a different face And if I can't be near you I would rather be adrift in space And if the gods desert us I would burn this chapel into flames And if someone tries to hurt you I would put myself in your place
I'm a lifer, yeah... I can honestly say I'm a lifer.
Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.
I love being in the studio.
Our motto is whenever you make a mistake, do it twice.