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" It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records. "

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" I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums. "

" There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean? "

" You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that. "

" My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant. "

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

" American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though. "

" These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. "

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

" I don't think people need to know what colour socks I'm wearing today; I don't think people need to know what shower gel I'm using. There's too much information in the world, and there's no magic or mystery anymore. "

" Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it. "

" When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song. "

" Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. "

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

" If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors. "

" For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion. "

" I know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths, we've got to make it sound not like The Smiths.' "

" Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting. "

" You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins. "

" Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. "

" To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character. "

" You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous. "

" My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end. "

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

" Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard. "

" Why is the rest of the world so overcrowded? Nobody lives in America! We're all squashed up on top of each other in London. "

" Making records should be fun. "

" Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer. "

" We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world. "

" 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. "