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

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

" I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums. "

" My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant. "

" 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. "

" People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me. "

" 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 have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it. "

" These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. "

" Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another. "

" There's no reason, ever, to be late. Or early. "

" When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road. "

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

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

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

" What's problematic about playing stadiums and driving around in private jets and drinking champagne at 8 o'clock in the morning? What's wrong with that? I haven't got a problem with that. I can't fathom why people would. "

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

" I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John. "

" Making records should be fun. "

" I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me. "

" 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. "

" Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they? "

" You can't really write a full album about your missus. She'll start getting the wrong idea and start thinking I like her. "

" Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. "

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

" 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 know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths, we've got to make it sound not like The Smiths.' "

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

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