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" We're the most important group in the world. "
Ian Brown
World
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" I'd like to change the world. Eradicate poverty, racism, and sexism... all the usual things. "
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" I've always said prayers. "
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" We should be growing carrots up the side of the Empire State Building or Big Ben. "
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" I gave it up three weeks before my black belt, foolishly. I got to my third brown belt and must have trained for 18 months but never went for it. I was nearly 18 and got this thing in my head about, ' Who are they to grade me?' Trying to be a rebel when I should have done it. It's my only regret, not going for a black belt. "
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" People in Russia learned English off the Beatles. People in Japan learned English off the Stone Roses. Noel Gallagher says music can't change the world, but the Roses made him want to start a group, so it changed his world. "
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" When the ravens leave the Tower, England shall fall, they say. We want to be there shooting the ravens. "
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" I feel like the Roses were a great group, but I never wanted to try to do it again. I knew I couldn't get a band that would compare to the Roses, that would have an impact like the Roses. "
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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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" I love harmonicas - old blues players like Sonny Boy Williamson. "
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" Everybody is a star. It's true. And if you've got a light, don't let it go out. 'Cos some people sink under. "
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" I liked him, that Jarvis Cocker. I like the fact he was androgynous, he could appeal to everybody. He wasn't just a lad pretending to be a thug. "
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" In March 1977, I taped the single 'Career Opportunities' off Piccadilly Radio, which was the '70s equivalent of downloading, and then the album came out in April 1977. "
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