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" America is incredibly professional and corporate. "

" Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer. "

" American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though. "

" Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. "

" As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear. "

" Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting. "

" Even in the nineties, when it was mad and there were photographers all around the house, it never occurred to me to send someone else out to get cigarettes. It took me five minutes - went for a walk, gave a wave, went back inside. "

" Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it. "

" Every song that I play I wrote by myself. "

" Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase. "

" For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion. "

" Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. "

" Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some guy who bought it off some guy who bought it off some guy who wants a return on his investment. "

" Great music is in the ear of the beholder. "

" I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. "

" I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front door. You might find it hard to believe, but I am bone-idle lazy. "

" I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me. "

" I don't fall into the category of tortured artist. But it's not made me more or less anything. "

" I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it. "

" I don't like being on television when I'm playing live. I don't even like being on Jools Holland or any of them programs. "

" I don't live to work; I work to live. "

" I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it. "

" I don't think people need to know what colour socks I'm wearing today; I don't think people need to know what shower gel I'm using. There's too much information in the world, and there's no magic or mystery anymore. "

" I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity. "

" I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man. "

" If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors. "

" If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime. "

" I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed. "

" If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison. "

" I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys' things, spies and the Cold War. "

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