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

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

" You can't really write a full album about your missus. She'll start getting the wrong idea and start thinking I like her. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world. "

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

" When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. "

" 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. "

" You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins. "

" As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear. "

" I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. "

" Frontmen come alive when they come onstage. "

" 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?' "

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

" America is incredibly professional and corporate. "

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

" There's not enough good things in the world. "

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

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" I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it. "