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

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" 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. "

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

" Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars. "

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

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

" I've never felt like I had anything important to say. "

" I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it. "

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" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Making records should be fun. "

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

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

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" Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq. "

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