My real name isn't Gavin. I was given Gavin Friday by my friends. I'm christened Fionan Hanvey, which is Gaelic and there is no actual English transl…

- Gavin Friday

I was a child of the '60s basically, which is a real blank. I really started growing up, I think, in the '70s. I'm a glam-rock kid. But Dublin, Irela…

- Gavin Friday

Friday was added to my nickname because I have a talent of getting on with most people. So it's a bit of a man Friday thing.

- Gavin Friday

I love the way an Irish man, they can hardly speak proper English, is doing William Shakespeare. So I find that extraordinary as I get older. But I a…

- Gavin Friday

If you want to be Justin Timberlake, go for it. But if you want to be somebody else, go for it but it's usually very hard. You just got to believe in…

- Gavin Friday

I don't even think any stimulants really help writing. You talk to most guys and they say, "Hey. I wrote this." And they're out of their head or they…

- Gavin Friday

I'm actually quite modest. All I want is a nice car. All I want is a drink at midnight on Sunday night and I'll be a very happy man.

- Gavin Friday

There is a terrible thing that's been happening probably for the last 20 years or so and it's called the music business. And music isn't really busin…

- Gavin Friday

My heroes are all dead. I've lots of heroes. My mum is a hero. She had to put up with me and my dad. She is one of my heroes. Some of my friends are …

- Gavin Friday