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

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" You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is. "

" I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working. "

" I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have been so brilliant before you were in a band.' "

" I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front door. You might find it hard to believe, but I am bone-idle lazy. "

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

" It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records. "

" Making records should be fun. "

" When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever. "

" I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John. "

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

" You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that. "

" 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. "

" Why is the rest of the world so overcrowded? Nobody lives in America! We're all squashed up on top of each other in London. "

" I don't fall into the category of tortured artist. But it's not made me more or less anything. "

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

" Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some guy who bought it off some guy who bought it off some guy who wants a return on his investment. "

" I've got my own style on the guitar, sure, and I play rhythm in a certain way, and I use certain inflections. People have said that to me, and I understand it. "

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

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" You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me. "

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" I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me. "

" My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end. "

" My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant. "

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" Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase. "

" 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. "

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

" You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous. "