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

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" People have to realise you don't help African children singing along to 60-year-old men playing their tunes from 40 years ago. "

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

" I love people, me, I believe in people. I love people too much. "

" I'm only really good at making music. I wasn't convinced when I started out, but then I heard the first Stone Roses' LP. "

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

" When the ravens leave the Tower, England shall fall, they say. We want to be there shooting the ravens. "

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

" When The Stone Roses first came out, the early reviews called me 'simian.' I had to look that up at the time. "

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

" Northern soul was huge in Manchester in the '70s and '80s; I went to a lot of all-nighters. "

" I've got six solo albums. I've been round the world three times. I don't even think about the Roses. "

" We're all anti-royalist, anti-patriarch. Cos it's 1989. Time to get real. "

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

" Oasis are okay, but they're like The Sun: base. "

" My biggest fault is that I give people too much credit. Then they let you down. I'm 99.9 per cent perfect - that's how I look at myself and, therefore, everybody else too. "

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

" I went to a friend's 40th in Manchester, and there was a karaoke machine, and no one was having a go. My mate said, 'No one's singing because you're in the room.' I said, 'Who am I, Frank Sinatra?' They made me sing flipping 'My Star' to a backing track that sounded like '80s Roxy Music. It was pretty embarrassing, but I did it. "

" I like the fact that a group can become successful, and by way of what you are, you can show up all the other people who are around you. "

" We're the most important group in the world. "

" The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't. "

" The jails are full of kids from kids' homes. You're 16 years old, and you're out on the street. How you going to fend for yourself at 16 if you've not had an education? You're going to turn to crime. "

" One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech. "

" Just because I'm a successful singer who's loved and has been loved for years doesn't mean I'm sitting behind electric gates in my own fantasy land. "

" My wife is Mexican, and she's really influenced me: She's got an impressive collection of Mexican music. "

" I was jailed for using words that I still dispute. Anyone who's ever met me will tell you that I'm not a violent person. "

" It's a horrible name, Coldplay. It doesn't conjure up any positive thoughts. "

" I feel like the Ryan Giggs of music. "

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

" 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. "