Ian Brown Quotations

We hear all these stories about pets without homes all through that area,

The fact is that God instituted human marriage in the Garden of Eden, and it was one man with one woman. God has not changed that.

There is no doubt that the patients feel an enormous sense of disappointment with the decision.

Oh, yeah. I knew it was great when we were making it. I mean, we'd been playing the (1989 eponymous debut) album for three or four years before we even recorded it, and we knew something big would happen with it.

Having to present highly emotional and personal evidence before a new commission of inquiry would further victimise the patients of Dr Patel and their loved ones.

Sure, of course. My boys know I'm famous. They see me on the TV but they'd rather watch 'The Simpsons.' But I'm definitely a cool father. I take them to the zoo and the beach and the countryside and to buy them sneakers. I play soccer with them. I just taught them how to play chess.

The patients are very disappointed with the outcome this morning.

The powers for interception and for the seizure of encryption keys are technically inept,

We welcome anything which is going to tighten up the obligations of the lending industry. By this we mean high-street lenders, not just back-street businesses who lend with very little thought to the consequences.

They're trying to move people to their paid subscription sites. They are shutting down services for which people are not paying and getting a good bit of P.R. out of it.

Above all, it needs to be understood, that whatever council recommends, the NSW Government Minister of Planning will be the final arbiter.

It was in 1996, and we'd just gotten to the end of our thing. We'd been together for 10 years. You know, I did quit back in '93, but the band persuaded me to stay. So I wasted a couple of years hanging about for people when I should have pursued a solo career.

It's a bit of a crapshoot of what you find down there and how complicated it will be.

It's a bit lame at the moment. The best things in Britain are the bands being sent over from America. And otherwise, it's all boy bands and old established bands. It's just B*Witched and the Spice Girls. (He laughs.) Of course, I have all the bootlegs.

It's the business models that need changing, not the technology.

It's like a girl I used to love, man, and then she just binned me overnight. I've forgot about her. I've met another one. I've met a more beautiful one.

I want it to take me around the world. So far, I have lots of festivals lined up, in England, Italy, Norway, other places. And I'll hopefully be back in the States in May or June. I already have five new songs for the next album and plan on releasing it the end of this year or early last year.

In a way it's good not to be Christmas number one because people would see the record as a novelty.

In them days, coming out of Manchester, being a singer was seen as effeminate, wasn't it?

...a tale of too many cooks in the defence.

We've got no hate for each other [in the band Stone Roses], and we never have.

I'm the only Red in our family! You know my father, my brother, my brother-in-law, my 14-year-old niece and two of my uncles are all City season ticket holders. So I'm gonna say 5-0 to United!

It's Denmark 3 Denmark 0...

Knight saved it with his back arm

We'll keep writing and if it hits our standards we'll go with it. We're not here to destroy anything. It's as precious to us as it is for someone who's followed us for years.

The technical brilliance of Lang Lang and the musical genius to create a masterpiece on the spot.

I've parked my solo thing in a lay-by and jumped in another vehicle and I'm in that now.

What does it feel like to represent a newspaper that used to support Adolf Hitler? And supports the banker Kabbalists that are ruining the world? Did you vote Tory?

The money's always been on the table. We could have took that money any time we wanted - every year, two, three times a year we've had offers, all the way down the line.

Manchester's got everything except a beach.

No-one ever votes Tory, do they?

There's a lot of good rappers in England at the moment. There's a lot of good dance acts. A lot of good, young guitar acts. I think a lot of groups came from that dole culture of the late 80's/early 90's - it's not as easy now. I think there's a dearth of working class bands.

I think I'm like The Beatles - I think each one I've done is better than the last one. And hopefully I'll never make a Let It Be.

I think we're great. I think we've still got it. And I think we've got something to give to people. And I think in times like this we can uplift people. We're doing it for ourselves, I'm not gonna lie. We wanted to announce our reunion the day after the riots, but it was important to play together before we announced it.

You'd be sick if you saw my adidas collection...you would be physically sick if you saw it. I'm not gonna say where it is.

You have a gift that can make you rich. Everyone does.

Love resolves. Love. Love's deeper than the hurt.

It takes time for people to fall in love with you....but it’s inevitable

If you put your cameras down you might be able to live in the moment. You have a memory there of something you've never lived.

The directive really makes it a lot easier for governments and companies in Europe to learn about who is doing what on the Internet. The problem with the requirement to store online data is that it can easily be misused.