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

I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.

But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced by me and sight me - as well as Alex and Neil - as a musician who has been a positive influence on their playing.

How do I explain Neil Young? Great question! I explain Neil Young as, I would kill to see his acoustic shows.

A musician should only sound like what they do, and no two musicians sound the same. It's an individual-feel thing, you know?

Neil's effect on the band was immediate and very fulfilling. He adds a certain edge to the sound and, of course, he is an incredible musician. We became a better band because of the inclusion of Neil Young.

I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.

I think one of the reasons musicians keep doing what they do and writers keep doing what they do, is that we're totally unsuited for anything else. And I for one am much too lazy.

I see friends who are in different genres of music, and they say they're so burnt playing the same stuff every night. That's why you see a country act wanting to go out and play an old classic rock song. But what cracks me up is that they all want to be Jimmy Buffett. I can't figure that out.

A lot of what inspired many musicians is celebrating differences, and people relate to that - more people feel like the unpopular, freaky one than the one in the in-crowd.