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Ian Brown

English Musician

Born: Feb 20, 1963

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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. Ian Brown

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I'd like to change the world. Eradicate poverty, racism, and sexism... all the usual things. Ian Brown

Change Racism World Poverty Change The World Sexism Like Eradicate Usual Things

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

Everything Terms Done Achieved Ever

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

You Song Never Cover Michael Michael Jackson Improve Jackson Going

I feel like I've established myself as a music maker in my own right. Ian Brown

Music Myself Own My Own Feel Like Maker Established Right

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

First Before Never Been Any Paid Roses Received Royalties

My wife is Mexican, and she's really influenced me: She's got an impressive collection of Mexican music. Ian Brown

Music Me Wife Collection She Got Mexican Impressive Influenced Really

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

Soul Lot Huge Northern Manchester

I love harmonicas - old blues players like Sonny Boy Williamson. Ian Brown

Love Old Sonny Like Boy Blues Players

We wrote 'Stellify' for Rihanna, but as we got to the end of writing it, I thought, 'You know what? I'm gonna keep this for myself. We'll give her another one.' She'd have probably sung it better, but it is too good for me not to do it. Ian Brown

I actually was able to give up shopping in February '99. Ian Brown

Shopping Able Give February Up Actually

Even on songs we've got that are about a girl, there's always something there that's a call to insurrection. Ian Brown

Girl About Something Songs Call Always Got Insurrection Even

We believe that anyone can do anything, and everyone's a star. And that's evident from the shows we do. It just feels like a whole bunch of people in a room celebrating something - maybe just being alive. Ian Brown

People Believe Everyone Evident Alive Something Feels Like Celebrating Bunch Maybe Just Being Anyone Anything Room Whole Shows Star

I wrote a lot of lyrics in prison, but they'd all be like, 'Crawls upon the shoulders, hatred in the eyes.' I wrote about 50 songs in there that were all about jail. I've come out and thought, 'I've only served eight weeks; I can't really write a concept album about jail.' Ian Brown

If I was in the gutter, and my kids lived on the kerb, I'd go and get a job in B&Q before I'd reform the Roses. I gave everything I had to the Stone Roses and ended up hitting a brick wall. I'm never going to give anyone a foothold on that wall again. Ian Brown

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Since we were kids, we grow up believing that astronauts are heroes - that to go up in a rocket is a heroic thing. These guys are bigger than movie stars. To me, it's... all a well-dressed-up lie, basically. There's billions spent on rockets up there, and there's millions starving down here. It don't make sense to me. Ian Brown

Me Lie Heroes Sense Down Stars Heroic Starving Spent Astronauts Kids Guys Since Make Go Were Rocket Rockets Up Than Movie Bigger Movie Stars Billions Grow Grow Up Believing Thing Here Millions Basically

England's a small nation, and the pop music industry is built on fashion. Ian Brown

Music Fashion Nation Music Industry Small Industry Built Pop Pop Music England

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