“I gave it up three weeks before my black belt, foolishly. I got to my third brown belt and must have trained for 18 months but never went for it. I was nearly 18 and got this thing in my head about, ' Who are they to grade me?' Trying to be a rebel when I should have done it. It's my only regret, not going for a black belt.”

English musician, born 1963

Ian Brown is an English musician, best known as the lead singer and only continuous member of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses. Born in 1963, he became closely associated with the band from its formation in 1983 and later built a solo career. After the Stone Roses first split in 1996, Brown released seven studio albums, a greatest hits compilation, a remix album, an 11-disc box set titled Collection, and 19 singles. He returned to singing with the band between 2011 and 2017, extending a career defined by British rock and his long link to the Stone Roses.