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" 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. "

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" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John. "

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

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

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

" I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed. "

" Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they? "

" Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing. "

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

" I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it. "

" Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. "

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

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

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

" Even in the nineties, when it was mad and there were photographers all around the house, it never occurred to me to send someone else out to get cigarettes. It took me five minutes - went for a walk, gave a wave, went back inside. "

" 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 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.' "

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

" The charts are only relevant when you're top of them! "

" I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive. "

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

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

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

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