You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous..

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world..

You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me..

My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end..

The most annoying person on the BBC is Russell Brand, I've actually been close up to that boy. He smells like when you mix garlic with coffee and alc….

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. B….

They should be shot. (on the Backstreet Boys).

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..

My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant..

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better..

Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq..

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 ciga….

I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it..

I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately..

My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time goi….

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..

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy..

I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, 'You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.'.

I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums..

Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins..

Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it..