My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.'

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a great man.

I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange, mysterious, serious and he always has played such hot guitar.

My job description is... being enthusiastic.

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

I did everything I could to not be a musician.

In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next generation.

Live a Lie' is inspired by recent combinations found in dubstep.

My dad was my hero, my best friend.

I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

It's quite simple. I just don't feel right without a pen in my hand denting a hole through my notepad.

I once said coaching a first-year team was a religious experience. You do a lot of praying - but most of the time the answer is NO.

Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for himself.

It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.

Insanity is contagious.

Try to write poems at least one person in the room will hate.

On the British Royal Divorce (Charles and Dianna). She is such a sad soul. It is good that it is over. Nobody was happy anyhow. I know I should preach family love and unity, but in their case. . . .

Life is not a journey you want to make on autopilot.

This is tough but CHERUB's are tougher

The present urgency is to begin thinking within the context of the whole planet, the integral earth community with all its human and other-than-human components.