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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. "

Ian Brown

Children

Myself

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" We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers. "

" I can't think of anyone who's reformed for art's sake. That's why the Roses will never reform. "

" I've not thought about the Stone Roses since we quit. How many LPs do I have to make to stop people talking about it? "

" You'll never find a Manchester band slagging off another Manchester band, but within each Manchester band, people will rip each other apart: Mondays, Smiths, New Order, Roses, Oasis. "

" You're never going to improve on a Michael Jackson song if you cover it. "

" I used to be one of those kids who couldn't keep my mouth shut. "

" I've got six solo albums. I've been round the world three times. I don't even think about the Roses. "

" I wasn't on stage to be worshipped or for people to look up to me. I was with the crowd. "

Ian Brown

Look

Stage

" We're the most important group in the world. "

" Maybe if you see me begging on the streets, you might find me doing The Stone Roses the next day. "

" I'd like to write songs for other people, see things from a different perspective. I'd like to watch things from the dugout instead of the pitch. "

Ian Brown

See

Watch

" 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. "

" With the Stone Roses, I always thought we'd be successful because we had some great songs. "

" When the ravens leave the Tower, England shall fall, they say. We want to be there shooting the ravens. "

" I wrote a lot of lyrics in prison, but they'd all be like, 'Crawls upon the shoulders, hatred in the eyes.' I wrote about 50 songs in there that were all about jail. I've come out and thought, 'I've only served eight weeks; I can't really write a concept album about jail.' "

" 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. "

" I went to a friend's 40th in Manchester, and there was a karaoke machine, and no one was having a go. My mate said, 'No one's singing because you're in the room.' I said, 'Who am I, Frank Sinatra?' They made me sing flipping 'My Star' to a backing track that sounded like '80s Roxy Music. It was pretty embarrassing, but I did it. "

Ian Brown

Friend

Music

" 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. "

" The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't. "

" 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. "

" When you live in Manchester and it's raining every day, you've got to imagine the sun sometimes. When you're brought up in concrete, you aim for the green leaves. And when you get to the green leaves, you yearn again for concrete. "

" I love karaoke - I usually do Blondie's 'Heart Of Glass,' or 'Try A Little Tenderness.' "

" Just because I'm a successful singer who's loved and has been loved for years doesn't mean I'm sitting behind electric gates in my own fantasy land. "

" I always loved Oasis because when they came out, they did express that they loved us, and they saw that we did it, and they thought they could do it, too. "

" My wife is Mexican, and she's really influenced me: She's got an impressive collection of Mexican music. "

" Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids. "

Ian Brown

Second

Solo

" Getting a grey beard's not cool. "

" I was jailed for using words that I still dispute. Anyone who's ever met me will tell you that I'm not a violent person. "

" People tend to settle for the fiver rather than going for the pot of gold. "

" Everything I've ever achieved, I've done on my terms. "