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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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I used to be one of those kids who couldn't keep my mouth shut. "

" We need to ban all air-freighted food. Carrots from Holland. Potatoes from Egypt. It's got to stop. "

" I'd like to change the world. Eradicate poverty, racism, and sexism... all the usual things. "

" I was really into punk when I was about 14. "

" I can't think of anyone who's reformed for art's sake. That's why the Roses will never reform. "

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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. "

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

" You'll never find a Manchester band slagging off another Manchester band, but within each Manchester band, people will rip each other apart: Mondays, Smiths, New Order, Roses, Oasis. "

" I gave it up three weeks before my black belt, foolishly. I got to my third brown belt and must have trained for 18 months but never went for it. I was nearly 18 and got this thing in my head about, ' Who are they to grade me?' Trying to be a rebel when I should have done it. It's my only regret, not going for a black belt. "

" I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less. "

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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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" We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers. "

" Some of the kids who discovered me from my 'F.E.A.R.' record or one of the U.N.K.L.E. tunes have said, 'I don't even like the Roses; I love your solo stuff.' I buzz off that. "

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