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

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" If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime. "

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

" Making records should be fun. "

" I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front door. You might find it hard to believe, but I am bone-idle lazy. "

" Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big. "

" America is incredibly professional and corporate. "

" There's no reason, ever, to be late. Or early. "

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

" With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there. "

" What's problematic about playing stadiums and driving around in private jets and drinking champagne at 8 o'clock in the morning? What's wrong with that? I haven't got a problem with that. I can't fathom why people would. "

" You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end. "

" I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk up Sunset Boulevard, knowing you're going to make music - that's it. "

" I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man. "

" 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. "

" I'm against people downloading music. "

" Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another. "

" Great music is in the ear of the beholder. "

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

" I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me. "

" Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be. "

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

" 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. "

" Every song that I play I wrote by myself. "

" I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity. "

" We shouldn't need riot police at schools. "

" When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different. "

" 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. "

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