I tried several times to get the song right. The tune and the chords that I started with, there really wasn't anywhere else it could go. I stopped fighting it and let it take me away.

I won't let the sun go down on me.

I love Neil Finn. I've loved everything he's done since Split Enz.

I tried several times to get the song right. The tune and the chords that I started with, there really wasn't anywhere else it could go. I stopped fighting it and let it take me away.

There's always some promoter having an '80s night, saying, We'll supply the band. All you can drink.

There is a major turning point in life when you have to decide: shall I grow old gracefully or shall I try everything to stem the tide? For me, that point came in 2001, when I stopped dyeing my hair.

Glasgow is less polite than Edinburgh but that's a good thing - they keep it very real.