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" America is incredibly professional and corporate. "

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" I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately. "

" In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it. "

" With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there. "

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" 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 live to work; I work to live. "

" Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. "

" When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.' "

" 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 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. "

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

" My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end. "

" Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big. "

" I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums. "

" You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins. "

" I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk up Sunset Boulevard, knowing you're going to make music - that's it. "

" There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars. "

" Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. "

" I'm not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music. "

" Oasis were the last great, traditional rock-n'-roll band. We came along before the Internet so, if you wanted to see us, you had to be there. It makes me feel like a righteous old man. "

" I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad. "

" Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be. "

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" I like Chris Martin. I think he's a really great songwriter. "

" You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me. "

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

" I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and Manchester, and you know the bin-workers' strike, all wrapped up in it... They were violent times. Violence at home and violence at football matches. "