The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet [gigs], it means, "Give me the check, I need to go to the Levis shop and I need a 1960s Gibson."

Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins.

Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it.

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy.

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

The thing about us is we're honest. If we're asked whether we take drugs, we say yes. I was brought up by my mom not to be a liar.

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