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Richard Ashcroft
English
Musician
Born:
Sep 11
,
1971
Life
Me
Music
People
World
You
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You look at the Blur comeback, it was so smooth - so smooth - compared to The Verve.
Richard Ashcroft
You
Comeback
Look
Smooth
Blur
Compared
I lost a good friend a few years ago, and it happened quite suddenly. Any event like that leaves you with questions. Would a phone call have made a difference? Did the person know that you were there for them?
Richard Ashcroft
Good
You
Phone
Made
Lost
Few
Phone Call
Would
Like
Know
Call
Leaves
Were
Years
Years Ago
Friend
Questions
Person
Did
Any
Quite
Difference
Happened
Them
Suddenly
Event
Good Friend
Sometimes, you're before your time with ideas, and you have to accept that you can't know.
Richard Ashcroft
Time
You
Sometimes
Before
Ideas
Know
Accept
Your
I love sportsmen's spirit, their ability to come back and override negativity. Michael Owen has been written off so many times, but he will always prove the doubters wrong.
Richard Ashcroft
Love
Will
Back
Negativity
Has-Been
Ability
Spirit
He
Written
Wrong
Come
Sportsmen
Always
Prove
Been
Override
Off
Michael
Times
Many
I'm very lucky that I can walk on the stage before anyone in the world. And that's the thing: you've got to be pretty confident to go on after me. You've got to have the artillery, as I call it. And the artillery is your songs.
Richard Ashcroft
Me
You
World
Walk
Before
Stage
Pretty
Songs
Call
Got
Go
Very
Artillery
Confident
Anyone
After
Your
Lucky
Thing
If this world hasn't made you semi-mad, then you ain't living in it.
Richard Ashcroft
You
World
Made
Living
Then
'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the greatest pieces of modern art created by anyone. I'm not blowing my own trumpet here.
Richard Ashcroft
Art
Own
Sweet
Symphony
Bitter
My Own
Pieces
Greatest
Trumpet
Blowing
Modern
Modern Art
Anyone
Created
Here
I've never written a 'Revolver' or a 'Pet Sounds.'
Richard Ashcroft
Pet
Never
Written
Sounds
Revolver
Life is about unforgettable and transcendent moments, isn't it? The point of music is to get the moment.
Richard Ashcroft
Life
Music
About
Point
Get
Transcendent
Unforgettable
Moment
Moments
You have to build yourself up a bit. You have to believe in yourself, because not that many other people will, you know?
Richard Ashcroft
You
Yourself
People
Believe In Yourself
Will
Build
Believe
Other
Bit
Know
Because
Up
Many
80% of everything I've experienced since the Verve has been depressing.
Richard Ashcroft
Everything
Has-Been
Since
Been
Experienced
Depressing
I'm very interested in Darwinism and how that affects us on a day-to-day level. But I also have a deep interest in theology and the spiritual.
Richard Ashcroft
Spiritual
Darwinism
Day-To-Day
Also
How
Affects
Very
Interest
Interested
Us
Theology
Deep
Level
People do get out of my way when I'm walking to the shops.
Richard Ashcroft
People
Way
Out
Walking
Get
Shops
I don't like being told what to do.
Richard Ashcroft
Like
Being
Don't expect me to be some indie schmindie embarrassed about my success.
Richard Ashcroft
Success
Me
Embarrassed
Some
Indie
About
Expect
Ultimately, if someone's paying hard-earned money to see me play live, they don't want a rant about what's happening on the other side of the world. They don't want to know which way they should vote.
Richard Ashcroft
Me
Vote
World
Money
Live
Other
Side
Way
Rant
See
About
Someone
Know
Ultimately
Want
Happening
Which
Should
Paying
Play
Rock n' roll is like a religion.
Richard Ashcroft
Religion
Like
Rock
Rock-N-Roll
Roll
If you really, truly believe in something, you're on fire, and your tongue rolls at the same pace.
Richard Ashcroft
You
Fire
Believe
Something
Truly
Same
Rolls
Pace
Really
Your
Tongue
At The Verve's first-ever gig, I said that we were gonna blow this local band off the stage. It was only in the local Wigan paper, and they rang me to ask why I was being so aggressive. I just went, 'Hey man, it's like boxing. I'm just trying to sell a ticket.'
Richard Ashcroft
Me
Man
Band
Stage
Aggressive
Local
Hey
Paper
Rang
Gig
Only
Like
Ticket
Boxing
Said
Were
Off
Sell
Trying
Blow
Just
Being
Gonna
Ask
Why
I don't believe in a new-age movement; I'm not a hippy.
Richard Ashcroft
Believe
Hippy
Movement
If you judge people by what they've done in the past, you're wrong.
Richard Ashcroft
You
People
Judge
Past
Wrong
Done
In The Past
As a musician, I don't wanna put out political soundbites.
Richard Ashcroft
Political
Musician
Out
Put
Wanna
I want to entertain and inspire.
Richard Ashcroft
Inspire
Entertain
Want
I've always felt like an outsider in this industry, but that sense of community - that sense of belonging with your fans - it's an amazing feeling, and it's really inspiring.
Richard Ashcroft
Amazing
Fans
Feeling
Sense
Community
Inspiring
Outsider
Like
Industry
Felt
Always
Amazing Feeling
Really
Your
Belonging
A classic song is timeless. You'll never outlive a classic song. I'll never put The Beatles 'In My Life' on one day and say, 'That doesnt move me any more.'
Richard Ashcroft
Life
Day
Me
You
Beatles
Song
My Life
Say
One Day
Classic
More
Outlive
Never
Put
Timeless
Any
Move
If Sinatra had packed in his style because there were a load of counterfeit Sinatras about, he would have stopped singing in 1956 or whatever.
Richard Ashcroft
Singing
Style
Whatever
Would
About
Had
He
Counterfeit
Sinatra
Because
Were
His
Stopped
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