They're one of Australia's most enduring celebrity couples, having made it together through love scandals, drugs and rock'n'roll.

But it's the opposites - the yin and the yang - that keep Jimmy and Jane Barnes' bond strong after 44 years of marriage.

"There is no secret, it's hard work. You care, you grow, you change together," Jimmy told The Senior.

"We're so opposites, we're so different. Jane's so calm, and I'm so not. And because we're so different we sort of complete each other."

The Cold Chisel frontman expanded on his marital efforts by using the analogy of the hard work he puts into the flower garden he planted for Jane (she loves fresh-cut roses) is the same hard work that goes into their relationship.

"One day I went down and the first time I picked a bunch of roses a

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