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None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none of us done anything. We were the last great band to come out of nowhere, on an indie label. We've sold 50 million records. That's still the benchmark. Until someone does what we've done, I'll always consider myself the last big songwriter.
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As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.
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I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it.
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I'm not going around touring the U.S. when I've got nowhere to live.
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Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.
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People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.
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I'm not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music.
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I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.
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I'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible.
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The scumbags are taking over the streets. I don't know what David Cameron and Gordon Brown are going to do about it. It all goes back to the Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher) years. It sounds like a cliché but that's when the rot set in.
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I'm equal part genius, equal part buffoon.
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Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say anything else.
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I think the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson rested Howard Webb had a lot to do with the result.
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Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive.
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I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.
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Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight.
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Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.
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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.
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I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.
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We live a dying dream, If you know what I mean...
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As soon as people realize that the majority of people in this country take drugs then the better off we'll all be. It's not like a scandalous sensation or anything like that... drugs is like getting up and having a cup of tea in the morning.
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If I like something, I get it and I put it on.
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Some might say they don't believe in heaven Go and tell it to the man who lives in hell.
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I'm into the girls fancying me and stuff, mad for it.