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What's scummy about the music industry is that everybody loves you when you're dead.
It is hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try...you are all shite!
A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything.
The Dave Clark Five had more appearances on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' than The Beatles.
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
I get the news I need on the weather report And I have nothing to do today but smile
I had a total belief in The Style Council. I meant every word and felt every action.
The only way I see myself in a serious relationship is if I am toning it down a bit.
My sound is just vintage Vox AC30s and Marshalls... Matchless amps are cool as well.
Rock 'n' Roll might not solve your problems, but it does let you dance all over them
Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.
You look at the Blur comeback, it was so smooth - so smooth - compared to The Verve.
I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.
The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.
I never made movies that had any of my music. I haven't crossed them over that much.
I can find my way from 500 A.D. through to 1066 pretty well as an amateur historian.
I don't know how much more expressive you can get than being a rock and roll singer.
The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.
I'm British - ostensibly British - but I don't know where I really belong, you know?
If I book a hotel it's actually very funny. It's very nice to be a genuine Mr Smith.
I don't think I can create anything of lasting value unless it comes from the heart.
Sometimes the problem is not the people in the band, but the people around the band.
If you're on to something but you start repeating it, that's the end of your career.
I have enough to think about - I just don't ever want to have to think about my car.
The most important element of democracy, I believe, is the protection of minorities.
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about regrets because there's nothing I can do.
I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas.
I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.
I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me.
When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always.
I listen to things that are popular and try to think about it in a mathematical way.
It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock n' roll and dance and have fun.
Of all the needs that we have right now, more than anything we need a time for love.
Organized religion is good for wars, battles, pissin' and moanin' and not much else.
I'm so much fun. Every kid wishes I was their grandpa! I'm the Motor City Madgramps.
I really like working with drummers, I like being able to bounce ideas off drummers.
Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts
I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It’s a shame.
I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame.
There are possibilities that dreams are our little windows upon a parallel timeline.
The New York Dolls are the only band that we grew up on that we haven't played with.
I hyperventilate opening a box of chocolates. I'm the most nervous guy in the world.
Only a world spinning out of control could inspire the music and vision we have now.
I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working.
I own a car: a minivan. But don't tell anyone, 'cause they're gonna ask to borrow it.
If you want to really love someone, you've got to let go and loosen up and just care.
I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.
The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
If you want to do something, you do it anyway, and handle the obstacles as they come.
Too many young musicians today want to win polls before they learn their instruments.