Gabriel plans train trips to overcome writer's block

09/07/2005 01:39

Rocker Peter Gabriel has the perfect way to overcome writer's block - he hops on a train.

The former Genesis frontman discovered many years ago that lyrics and song ideas flow when he's taking train journeys, so if he's ever struggling to complete songs he goes travelling.

He says, "I have this theory that the brain is stimulated by peripheral motion." Gabriel also has other little tricks when he needs to come up with song lyrics. He adds, "I really have to leave home and go off to some bed and breakfast, an obscure place where I'm on my own - no washing to put in the machine or garden jobs."