153 Quotes by Ian Brown

Since we were kids, we grow up believing that astronauts are heroes - that to go up in a rocket is a heroic thing. These guys are bigger than movie stars. To me, it's... all a well-dressed-up lie, basically. There's billions spent on rockets up there, and there's millions starving down here. It don't make sense to me.

I like a lot of that Chicago stuff, house music.

I feel like the Roses were a great group, but I never wanted to try to do it again. I knew I couldn't get a band that would compare to the Roses, that would have an impact like the Roses.

I'd like to write songs for other people, see things from a different perspective. I'd like to watch things from the dugout instead of the pitch.

I've got six solo albums. I've been round the world three times. I don't even think about the Roses.

Putting another human being above yourself isn't healthy. I think it's capitalistic.

England's a small nation, and the pop music industry is built on fashion.

Stardom's transitory. Nothing really changes except people's attitudes.

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.