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" I'd love to see the world without liquor for a week. "
Ian Brown
World
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" I always loved Oasis because when they came out, they did express that they loved us, and they saw that we did it, and they thought they could do it, too. "
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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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" Belief outweighs talent. Self-belief's got me everything, self-belief. "
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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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" When I was 9, I was into T. Rex, Gary Glitter, and Alice Cooper. I knew The Beatles because my nan introduced me to them, but T. Rex was the first band I got into myself. I got 'Metal Guru' a few months after hearing 'Children of the Revolution' in Pwllheli in North Wales at a market. "
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" Oasis are okay, but they're like The Sun: base. "
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" 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. "
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" We're the most important group in the world. "
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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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" People want to adulate people. "
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" We need to ban all air-freighted food. Carrots from Holland. Potatoes from Egypt. It's got to stop. "
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" I've always said prayers. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" My wife is Mexican, and she's really influenced me: She's got an impressive collection of Mexican music. "
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" You're never alone on the dole in Manchester. "
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" I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less. "
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