When we started off, we wanted the girls, the cocaine, the fur coats. It wasn't like it was an act; it was almost like working-class people winning the pools. We went bananas.

Oasis were the last great, traditional rock 'n' roll band. We came along before the Internet so, if you wanted to see us, you had to be there. It makes me feel like a righteous old man.

I don't mind One Direction. They're harmless, aren't they?

Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be.

It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty.

I certainly don’t believe in religion, although I find it fascinating that it’s become so powerful in the world and it’s kind of dictated morals down through societies for thousands of years, but I don’t see the hand of God at work in the world anywhere.

When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song.