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

I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me.

If I had a gun, I'd shoot a hole into the sun and love would burn this city down for you.

Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.

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.

My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?'

The thing about Manchester is...it all comes from here