The Things Nick Says To Me: Part 5

On his confusion at the "selfie" craze.

Nick: The only time I take a photo of myself is when I'm checking to see if I have boogers.

The Things Nick Says To Me: Part 4

On being a rebellious young teen and defacing his school gear with the names of his favourite music artists.

Nick: People wrote all over their pencil cases, it was the thing to do. Once you'd put your name in the little plastic slot, you'd write your favourite bands all over your pencil case. I wrote Brad Collins on mine.

The Things Nick Says To Me: Part 3

On his disgust at kids wasting their money on frivolous things.

Nick: I saved my money for ages until I could afford the things I wanted. Like my framed picture of Yakini. The print was $200 and I spent $300 framing it. That's a lot of money for a 16 year old.

Note: Yakini was a photograph of a monkey.

The Things Nick Says To Me: Part 2

On taking his Christmas present "The Hits of 89" on record away on holidays.

Nick: we didn't have a record player so I would just take it to bed and look at it.

The Things Nick Says To Me: Part 1

On me telling him that when I was a misguided youth, my tag was "EXPLOSIVE".

Nick: My tag would be "DILIGENT". Or "RARELY LATE".