153 Quotes by Ian Brown

I was really into punk when I was about 14.

I wasn't on stage to be worshipped or for people to look up to me. I was with the crowd.

We started out to finish groups like U2 - that was what it was all about.

Even me mum can't tell me what to do.

I spent the summer of '88 indoors, writing 'Shoot You Down,' 'Bye Bye Badman,' and 'Don't Stop.'

You're never alone on the dole in Manchester.

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.

People want to adulate people.

I was jailed for using words that I still dispute. Anyone who's ever met me will tell you that I'm not a violent person.