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I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.
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No matter how much you sit there twiddling, going, 'We're all doomed', at the end of the day people will always want to hear you play Creep. Get over it.
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Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting.
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For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion.
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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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All i would like to say is that I'm rich and you're not.
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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.
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The thing about Manchester is...it all comes from here.
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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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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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With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.
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We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter.
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I hate Mourinho. He's a fool.
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I don't mind One Direction. They're harmless, aren't they?
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I wasn't put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs.
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I sold my soul for the second time, cause' the man don't pay me.
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I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.
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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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College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy.
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I'm a massive fan of the Stones, and I don't think anybody should deny them the right to carry on making music. I just wish they wouldn't wear leggings.
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Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.
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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.
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I don't like John Terry and I never have. He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby. He's also a Cockney.
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All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade.