125 Quotes by Richard Ashcroft

I don't think I have enough German blood in me to get into the royal family.

I'd definitely say I'm a depressive, someone who suffers from depression.

I'm a naturally gifted left-footed footballer.

We never had a stylist, so I always wore my own clothes.

Without music and creativity, I'd need other forms of therapy. But for me, the life process is the process of healing yourself. 'Break the Night' is about offering hope to people, about breaking through the darkness.

When I read about Gram Parsons' dream of this Cosmic American Music when I was in my late teens, that stuck with me: that idea, that ambition, to draw off the roots of music but take it somewhere fresh.

People do get out of my way when I'm walking to the shops.

Really, I listen to more hip hop probably than most other things. That's where I get a lot of my influence from because it's so eclectic. So that's what I love.

People wanted me to become this cliched Keith Richards, Iggy Pop character. I wasn't expected to marry a beautiful wife and have kids.