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" They've had a hard life, the Oasis brothers. They've done really well to be semi-normal. It's always sad when your dirty linen is brought out in public. "
Ian Brown
Sad
Dirty
Always
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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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" Everything I've ever achieved, I've done on my terms. "
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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. "
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" If I was in the gutter, and my kids lived on the kerb, I'd go and get a job in B&Q before I'd reform the Roses. I gave everything I had to the Stone Roses and ended up hitting a brick wall. I'm never going to give anyone a foothold on that wall again. "
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" Getting a grey beard's not cool. "
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" When I was 9, I was into T. Rex, Gary Glitter, and Alice Cooper. I knew The Beatles because my nan introduced me to them, but T. Rex was the first band I got into myself. I got 'Metal Guru' a few months after hearing 'Children of the Revolution' in Pwllheli in North Wales at a market. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm solo, and I love being solo. I believe I went through the Roses so I could become a solo music-maker. That's what I believe. "
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" The jails are full of kids from kids' homes. You're 16 years old, and you're out on the street. How you going to fend for yourself at 16 if you've not had an education? You're going to turn to crime. "
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