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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. "

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" To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character. "

" I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad. "

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" I'm against people downloading music. "

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" Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it. "

" I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys' things, spies and the Cold War. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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" Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another. "

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" For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion. "