English - Musician | February 20, 1963 -
It is a fact that everyone's got a limited run in music - but who's to say how long that run lasts? I used to think that there would be no way I'd still be in music when I was 40. I used to think anyone who was 40 was an old man, and they probably shouldn't be doing it anymore.
Ian Brown
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I feel like I've established myself as a music maker in my own right.
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I'd never been paid for the first Roses LP - it was 2002 before we received any royalties.
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My wife is Mexican, and she's really influenced me: She's got an impressive collection of Mexican music.
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Every time I do interviews, they ask me about the same things - poverty, war, and the power of the church.
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Northern soul was huge in Manchester in the '70s and '80s; I went to a lot of all-nighters.
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I love harmonicas - old blues players like Sonny Boy Williamson.
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One person might perceive me as godlike, and the next might think I'm a northern thug. I don't think I've done myself any favours... but I swear I've not had a proper fight since I was 14.
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We wrote 'Stellify' for Rihanna, but as we got to the end of writing it, I thought, 'You know what? I'm gonna keep this for myself. We'll give her another one.' She'd have probably sung it better, but it is too good for me not to do it.
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I've not thought about the Stone Roses since we quit. How many LPs do I have to make to stop people talking about it?
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With the Stone Roses, I always thought we'd be successful because we had some great songs.
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I always loved Oasis because when they came out, they did express that they loved us, and they saw that we did it, and they thought they could do it, too.
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