Ian Brown

I started doing karate when I was 11.

— Ian Brown

Northern soul was huge in Manchester in the '70s and '80s; I went to a lot of all-nighters.

— Ian Brown

With the Stone Roses, I always thought we'd be successful because we had some great songs.

— Ian Brown

I'd never been paid for the first Roses LP - it was 2002 before we received any royalties.

— Ian Brown

We need to ban all air-freighted food. Carrots from Holland. Potatoes from Egypt. It's got to stop.

— Ian Brown

I started managing myself in October 2004, and since then, it's gone up and up.

— Ian Brown

Everything I've ever achieved, I've done on my terms.

— Ian Brown

Belief outweighs talent. Self-belief's got me everything, self-belief.

— Ian Brown

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

— Ian Brown

I've got six solo albums. I've been round the world three times. I don't even think about the Roses.

— Ian Brown

I never wanted to be a pop singer, but I always watched pop programs and knew I could do better than the…

— Ian Brown

By 1993, the Stone Roses had become this huge, beautiful cruise ship just floating about in the middle of nowhere with no captain.

— Ian Brown

Every time I do interviews, they ask me about the same things - poverty, war, and the power of the church.

— Ian Brown

In March 1977, I taped the single 'Career Opportunities' off Piccadilly Radio, which was the '70s equivalent of downloading, and then the…

— Ian Brown

You'll never find a Manchester band slagging off another Manchester band, but within each Manchester band, people will rip each other apart:…

— Ian Brown

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…

— Ian Brown

When The Stone Roses first came out, the early reviews called me 'simian.' I had to look that up at the time.

— Ian Brown

Since we were kids, we grow up believing that astronauts are heroes - that to go up in a rocket is a…

— Ian Brown

There's a lot of good rappers in England at the moment. There's a lot of good dance acts. A lot of good,…

— Ian Brown

I wrote a lot of lyrics in prison, but they'd all be like, 'Crawls upon the shoulders, hatred in the eyes.' I…

— Ian Brown

I was skint, and I had to move back to my mum and dad's house, back into the room I shared with…

— Ian Brown

It is a fact that everyone's got a limited run in music - but who's to say how long that run lasts?…

— Ian Brown

When you live in Manchester and it's raining every day, you've got to imagine the sun sometimes. When you're brought up in…

— Ian Brown

Honestly, going solo is the second best thing that's ever happened to me after my kids.

— Ian Brown

My sister bought me the Koran in 1990. I always thought the stories in it were magical.

— Ian Brown

We feel we're the only British group worth exporting since the Sex Pistols, definitely.

— Ian Brown

I love karaoke - I usually do Blondie's 'Heart Of Glass,' or 'Try A Little Tenderness.'

— Ian Brown

I love people, me, I believe in people. I love people too much.

— Ian Brown

It's a horrible name, Coldplay. It doesn't conjure up any positive thoughts.

— Ian Brown

Permacultures - where you use the immediate environment to grow food - should be mandatory.

— Ian Brown

I give thanks for everything that's ever happened to me and for everything I've got.

— Ian Brown

If you want to call me a Karaoke King, I'll take it.

— Ian Brown

You're never going to improve on a Michael Jackson song if you cover it.

— Ian Brown

Maybe if you see me begging on the streets, you might find me doing The Stone Roses the next day.

— Ian Brown

I spent the summer of '88 indoors, writing 'Shoot You Down,' 'Bye Bye Badman,' and 'Don't Stop.'

— Ian Brown

I'm lucky enough to be one of them music makers who can do a dance festie or a rock festie.

— Ian Brown

We started out to finish groups like U2 - that was what it was all about.

— Ian Brown

Stardom's transitory. Nothing really changes except people's attitudes.

— Ian Brown

We should be growing carrots up the side of the Empire State Building or Big Ben.

— Ian Brown

Putting another human being above yourself isn't healthy. I think it's capitalistic.

— Ian Brown