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 concrete, you aim for the green leaves. And when you get to the green leaves, you yearn again for concrete.

I wasn't on stage to be worshipped or for people to look up to me. I was with the crowd.

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

At primary school, I thought I was George Best. Then I got to secondary school, and it was more serious.

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