Walking beside you I want for nothing.

I can't help it if I stretch the truth, not if that's the way it happened.

Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.

I think quite a lot of people have a friendship or a love that's gone like that and it never quite reconciles properly.

Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.

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 still plenty of quirky stuff around. No one expects to make much money here, so it definitely does encourage an underground sense.

Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.