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" At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious. "

" Belief outweighs talent. Self-belief's got me everything, self-belief. "

" By 1993, the Stone Roses had become this huge, beautiful cruise ship just floating about in the middle of nowhere with no captain. "

" England's a small nation, and the pop music industry is built on fashion. "

" Even me mum can't tell me what to do. "

" Even on songs we've got that are about a girl, there's always something there that's a call to insurrection. "

" Everybody is a star. It's true. And if you've got a light, don't let it go out. 'Cos some people sink under. "

" Everything I've ever achieved, I've done on my terms. "

" Every time I do interviews, they ask me about the same things - poverty, war, and the power of the church. "

" Getting a grey beard's not cool. "

" Hell is being stuck in a lift with Elton John and the Queen Mother. "

" Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids. "

" I actually was able to give up shopping in February '99. "

" I always loved Oasis because when they came out, they did express that they loved us, and they saw that we did it, and they thought they could do it, too. "

" I am gentle. I think nearly everyone who makes music is sensitive - I don't care how hard they pretend they are. "

" I can't think of anyone who's reformed for art's sake. That's why the Roses will never reform. "

" I'd like to change the world. Eradicate poverty, racism, and sexism... all the usual things. "

" I'd like to write songs for other people, see things from a different perspective. I'd like to watch things from the dugout instead of the pitch. "

" I'd love to see the world without liquor for a week. "

" I'd never been paid for the first Roses LP - it was 2002 before we received any royalties. "

" I don't actually personally get off on guitar music. "

" I don't like to play anywhere with a banner for Carlsberg or vodka or whatever. I'm not a drinker myself, and I don't like feeling like I'm working for the liquor companies. "

" I feel like I've established myself as a music maker in my own right. "

" I feel like the Roses were a great group, but I never wanted to try to do it again. I knew I couldn't get a band that would compare to the Roses, that would have an impact like the Roses. "

" I feel like the Ryan Giggs of music. "

" If I was in the gutter, and my kids lived on the kerb, I'd go and get a job in B&Q before I'd reform the Roses. I gave everything I had to the Stone Roses and ended up hitting a brick wall. I'm never going to give anyone a foothold on that wall again. "

" If you want to call me a Karaoke King, I'll take it. "

" I gave it up three weeks before my black belt, foolishly. I got to my third brown belt and must have trained for 18 months but never went for it. I was nearly 18 and got this thing in my head about, ' Who are they to grade me?' Trying to be a rebel when I should have done it. It's my only regret, not going for a black belt. "

" I give thanks for everything that's ever happened to me and for everything I've got. "

" I like a lot of that Chicago stuff, house music. "

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