A biography for Ian Brownhasn’t been written yet.
“I spent the summer of '88 indoors, writing 'Shoot You Down,' 'Bye Bye Badman,' and 'Don't Stop.'”
“Permacultures - where you use the immediate environment to grow food - should be mandatory.”
“The Beatles were great; we know that. But we were trying to do a new thing. Why do we need to recreate the Sixties?”
“You're never going to improve on a Michael Jackson song if you cover it.”
“We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers.”
“I never wanted to be a pop singer, but I always watched pop programs and knew I could do better than the people I was seeing.”
“I've never chatted up a girl in me life. I've always let girls come to me. I've never approached a girl to chat her up.”
“They've had a hard life, the Oasis brothers. They've done really well to be semi-normal. It's always sad when your dirty linen is brought out in public.”
“We're all anti-royalist, anti-patriarch. Cos it's 1989. Time to get real.”
“I love people, me, I believe in people. I love people too much.”
“My wife is Mexican, and she's really influenced me: She's got an impressive collection of Mexican music.”
“I've not thought about the Stone Roses since we quit. How many LPs do I have to make to stop people talking about it?”
“One person might perceive me as godlike, and the next might think I'm a northern thug. I don't think I've done myself any favours... but I swear I've not had a proper fight since I was 14.”
“I give thanks for everything that's ever happened to me and for everything I've got.”
“Belief outweighs talent. Self-belief's got me everything, self-belief.”
“I'm solo, and I love being solo. I believe I went through the Roses so I could become a solo music-maker. That's what I believe.”
“The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't.”
“I love harmonicas - old blues players like Sonny Boy Williamson.”
“Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids.”
“Everybody is a star. It's true. And if you've got a light, don't let it go out. 'Cos some people sink under.”