Making records should be fun.

I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up.

You don’t have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.

Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don’t need to say anything else.

The charts are only relevant when you’re top of them!

I don’t dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the ’80s when rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it’s all about status and bling now, and it doesn’t say anything to me.

Women have nine months more experience than you do – nine months to prepare for being a parent.

Oasis can’t be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.

There’s no new direction. It’s not more poppy or more rocky. They’re just rock’n’roll tunes. I’ll never change the music I write.