“The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, b...” — Ian Brown Quote

“The Roses should have made it as the biggest band since The Beatles, but we didn't.”

“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.”

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

“I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.”

“I remember, when I was a kid, listening to the radio and hearing 'Big Bad John' by Jimmy Dean - and it just blew me away. I used to sit there and call the radio stations and request that song. And then the Beatles were obviously out already, but I really didn't know about the Beatles.”

“I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I've only really gotten into them as an adult.”