In my moments of down time I tend to listen to Blues.

To me, NOTHING is 'new'.

I think there are still plenty of free-thinking creative people out there. There always will be.

Young people are still experiencing the thrill of three chords and over-amplified guitars. They always will.

My encyclopedic knowledge of rock and roll is a millstone around my neck.

The internet has huge advantages but its downside is the easy access to resources.

It would be difficult to do art without music (music subsidises the art).

I'm always on the look out for 'the good image'. I'm like The Borg (you know, Star Trek) inasmuch as I assimilate everything - but I like to think I'm working in the Pop Art tradition.

I still get a buzz from seeing young kids making music.

Don't use yesterday's state of mind, to make today's decision.

When in doubt, do what they do in books, was one of Gabriel's secret mottos and - that rarest of things - a principle that he actually lived by.

Inspiring passion in children for books, and the world of imagination and creativity fuelled by them, is a fundamental reason for why the Children's Laureate post exists.

The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.

When you feel gratitude, you are the closest to the natural state you were born to live in.

How different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician.

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

Sometimes I get lost in watching a film. The sorrow, or the frustration, is when it doesn't happen for a long time.

Men's gender problems cause them a lot of suffering. There is a massive spiking suicide rate in middle age for men and a cultural attitude to male friendship that is destructive.

The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow.