Tim Finn
Tim Finn
Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBEis a New Zealand singer and musician. His musical career includes forming 1970s and 1980s New Zealand rock group Split Enz, a number of solo albums, temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn Brothers...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth25 June 1952
joy trying outcomes
The joy of songwriting only gets messed up if you are trying to follow up a big success, or you are trying to create a hit single, or if you have conscious thoughts of a particular outcome for the music.
way helping ifs
I can't help it if I stretch the truth, not if that's the way it happened.
mistake men thinking
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 life is loosely assembled... Birds swim, fish do fly. Proud man begins to cry. Birds swim, fish do fly. Things change, so why can't I?
want beside-you walking
Walking beside you I want for nothing.
pain dark night
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... Weave me a rope that will pull me through these impossible times.
ocean healing passion
When you learn how to trust your feelings then you'll know how to recognize it - That part of you that needs no healing is like a swollen river rising. So choke me with a violent passion and drown me in a deep emotion. You've got to help me build this feeling. I'm swimming in a stagnant ocean. Been blinded by smoke and mirrors and crippled by a fear of tomorrow. If you don't help me shake this feeling, then I'll be marking time in Limbo.
empathy contentment no-empathy
True contentment comes with empathy.
thinking people gone
I think quite a lot of people have a friendship or a love that's gone like that and it never quite reconciles properly.
backs ball clay delivered front good guys running
I thought Clay delivered the ball well, and we know Brandon can run. The thing with quarterbacks and running backs is they're only as good as the guys in front of them.
ball control people played second
We played a lot of people and we have a lot of young kids. There were a lot of positives. We just didn't control the ball in the second half.
good people work
We've got a lot of people to look at, and that's what you try to do in a scrimmage. We've got some things we need to work on, but we also did some good things.
both care friday kinda matured night point takes teams
We're kinda in the same boat. It probably will come down to who takes better care of the football. It'll come down to who's matured the most to this point in the season. Both teams will have a lot of first-time Friday night players.
running hurt rain
You, sleeping on your bed of nails. Weeping an ocean beyond the pale. Strange, sorrow is your greatest skill. You're suffering from overkill... Choose whether to laugh or to cry. Menace and promise mingle in your eye. Wait, it's only a matter of time. You know everything will be fine... Rain falls down and the seas run high. When you're by my side we can rise above it. Let me dry all the tears inside. On your way you cannot hide from the howling wind and the roaring tide. You might get hurt but your fears will subside when you at last escape from the tears inside.
song writing pops
Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.