In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that’s it. You’re successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.
You’ve just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can’t please all the people all the time. You’ve got to please yourself ultimately in the end.
Those who don’t say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.
If I had a gun, I’d shoot a hole into the sun and love would burn this city down for you.
I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for my Mum. I know I’ve got Irish blood because I wake up everyday with a hangover.
You can have it all but how much do you want it?
There was a euphoria in the music and the way it was delivered, and as the crowds started to get bigger, it fed off itself until it became less about the band and more about being with all those people jumping up and down, drunk to the music.
You can’t be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.
I love the NFL. I don’t have a team per se, but I’m into it.
With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I’d been born at the same time as John Lennon, I’d have been up there.
When I was 16 I’d watch ‘The Godfather,’ but I didn’t think, ‘Right, I’m going to go down the barber’s and get some protection money off him.’
Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I’ve been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer.
I don’t like John Terry and I never have. He’s got funny eyes and he’s a cry baby. He’s also a Cockney.
It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing guitar and writing words.
I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn’t.
My favorite pastime is staring out the window. When I go on tour, I can spend hours and hours just staring out the window, thinking about nothing. I love all that.
I do all the work so it’s only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome.
Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she’s amazing.
Drugs is like getting up and having a cup of tea in the morning.
Even in the nineties, when it was mad and there were photographers all around the house, it never occurred to me to send someone else out to get cigarettes. It took me five minutes – went for a walk, gave a wave, went back inside.