The jails are full of kids from kids' homes. You're 16 years old, and you're out on the street. How you going to fend for yourself at 16 if you've not had an education? You're going to turn to crime.
I'd love to see the world without liquor for a week.
I went into jail with absolutely no respect whatsoever for authority, and I came out with even less.
I never wanted to be a pop singer, but I always watched pop programs and knew I could do better than the people I was seeing.
'Psychedelic' means mind-expanding.
One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech.
I can't think of anyone who's reformed for art's sake. That's why the Roses will never reform.
I'd never been paid for the first Roses LP - it was 2002 before we received any royalties.
At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious.
I love harmonicas - old blues players like Sonny Boy Williamson.
Stardom's transitory. Nothing really changes except people's attitudes.
I wasn't on stage to be worshipped or for people to look up to me. I was with the crowd.
When you live in Manchester and it's raining every day, you've got to imagine the sun sometimes. When you're brought up in concrete, you aim for the green leaves. And when you get to the green leaves, you yearn again for concrete.
