Top 11 Quotes by Neil Finn

Our motto is whenever you make a mistake, do it twice.

Our motto is whenever you make a mistake, do it twice.

Mistake, Motto

Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.

Kindness, Debt, Praise

Song: Faster Than Light, Album: Try Whistling This

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.

Neil Finn

Stupid, Long, Complicated

I try to put myself into unusual and difficult situations as often as I can in order to capture the element of struggle in the music.

Neil Finn

Struggle, Order, Difficult Situations

Songwriting is a mystery. And it's a mystery to me that it's a mystery. But that sounds stupid.

Neil Finn

Stupid, Sound, Mystery

What was stolen must be returned

Neil Finn

Stolen

Song: Song of the Lonely Mountain

I'm a lifer, yeah... I can honestly say I'm a lifer.

Neil Finn

Honest, Yeah, Honestly

"New Zealand's Neil Finn: 'I'm a lifer" Entertainment New Zealand's Neil Finn: 'I'm a lifer' By Ayesha Lawrence, www.cnn.com. March 4, 2004.

So I think rather than being attracted so much now to working with my heroes, I'm sort of more attracted to working with completely unlikely strangers because it's more exciting really.

Neil Finn

Hero, Thinking, Stranger

"New Zealand's Neil Finn: 'I'm a lifer" By Ayesha Lawrence, www.cnn.com. March 4, 2004.

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

Neil Finn

Song, Hurt, Flames