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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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I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums.
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We shouldn't need riot police at schools.
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Even in the nineties, when it was mad and there were photographers all around the house, it never occurred to me to send someone else out to get cigarettes. It took me five minutes - went for a walk, gave a wave, went back inside.
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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.
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We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.
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You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.
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America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.
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I don't fall into the category of tortured artist. But it's not made me more or less anything.
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Do you ever look at the sky and think, I'm glad I'm alive? After I heard System of a Down, I thought, I'm actually alive to hear the shittiest band of all time. Which is quite something when you think about it. Of all the bands that have gone before and all the bands that'll be in the future, I was around when the worst was around.
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Every song that I play I wrote by myself.
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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.
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My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end.
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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.
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Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins.
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I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.
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College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy.
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America is incredibly professional and corporate.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.
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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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Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.
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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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The Who always play 'I Can't Explain'; and we'll always play 'Wonderwall'. People ask us if we get bored of it. You can't get bored of 15,000 people shouting for 'Wonderwall'. That's better than drugs. You get a hard-on when you hear that.
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Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.