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" I give thanks for everything that's ever happened to me and for everything I've got. "
Ian Brown
Thanks
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Me
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" I spent the summer of '88 indoors, writing 'Shoot You Down,' 'Bye Bye Badman,' and 'Don't Stop.' "
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" I like a lot of that Chicago stuff, house music. "
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" I love people, me, I believe in people. I love people too much. "
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" England's a small nation, and the pop music industry is built on fashion. "
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" They've had a hard life, the Oasis brothers. They've done really well to be semi-normal. It's always sad when your dirty linen is brought out in public. "
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" I actually was able to give up shopping in February '99. "
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" I've not thought about the Stone Roses since we quit. How many LPs do I have to make to stop people talking about it? "
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" The Beatles were great; we know that. But we were trying to do a new thing. Why do we need to recreate the Sixties? "
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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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" At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious. "
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" Hell is being stuck in a lift with Elton John and the Queen Mother. "
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" 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. "
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" We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers. "
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" We believe that anyone can do anything, and everyone's a star. And that's evident from the shows we do. It just feels like a whole bunch of people in a room celebrating something - maybe just being alive. "
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" You're never alone on the dole in Manchester. "
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" I've never chatted up a girl in me life. I've always let girls come to me. I've never approached a girl to chat her up. "
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" Northern soul was huge in Manchester in the '70s and '80s; I went to a lot of all-nighters. "
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" The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't. "
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" I am gentle. I think nearly everyone who makes music is sensitive - I don't care how hard they pretend they are. "
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" I feel like I've established myself as a music maker in my own right. "
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" I'd never been paid for the first Roses LP - it was 2002 before we received any royalties. "
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" 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. "
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Group
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" It is a fact that everyone's got a limited run in music - but who's to say how long that run lasts? I used to think that there would be no way I'd still be in music when I was 40. I used to think anyone who was 40 was an old man, and they probably shouldn't be doing it anymore. "
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" Stardom's transitory. Nothing really changes except people's attitudes. "
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" Oasis are okay, but they're like The Sun: base. "
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" I'd like to change the world. Eradicate poverty, racism, and sexism... all the usual things. "
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" I've got six solo albums. I've been round the world three times. I don't even think about the Roses. "
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" Everything I've ever achieved, I've done on my terms. "
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" I never wanted to be a pop singer, but I always watched pop programs and knew I could do better than the people I was seeing. "
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