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

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" Since we were kids, we grow up believing that astronauts are heroes - that to go up in a rocket is a heroic thing. These guys are bigger than movie stars. To me, it's... all a well-dressed-up lie, basically. There's billions spent on rockets up there, and there's millions starving down here. It don't make sense to me. "

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" 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. "

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" I've always said prayers. "

" One person might perceive me as godlike, and the next might think I'm a northern thug. I don't think I've done myself any favours... but I swear I've not had a proper fight since I was 14. "

" I am gentle. I think nearly everyone who makes music is sensitive - I don't care how hard they pretend they are. "

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

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

" Northern soul was huge in Manchester in the '70s and '80s; I went to a lot of all-nighters. "

" I love people, me, I believe in people. I love people too much. "

" I started doing karate when I was 11. "

" People have to realise you don't help African children singing along to 60-year-old men playing their tunes from 40 years ago. "

" Getting a grey beard's not cool. "

" My sister bought me the Koran in 1990. I always thought the stories in it were magical. "

" 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. "

" I was skint, and I had to move back to my mum and dad's house, back into the room I shared with my brother when I was a kid. I kept getting people on the streets telling me that they loved me; it didn't mean anything to me because I was still borrowing tenners off my pensioner father to go and get some chicken. "

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