Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.

It's the first time I'm going to be on my own this Christmas and I'm really looking forward to not having any cards or decorations up. So I'll be in London, sit on my couch, arms folded, curtains drawn, having a drink.

I've never felt like I had anything important to say.

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

Every song that I play I wrote by myself.

We shouldn't need riot police at schools.