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

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

" You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'll be told they're not. "

" Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase. "

" 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. "

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

" In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it. "

" 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'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately. "

" There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars. "

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

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

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" Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent. "

" My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?' "

" 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. "

" When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.' "

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

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

" You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is. "

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" I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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