Richard Ashcroft Quotes

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Richard Ashcroft

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 11, 1971

Some people have a God because they need faith, and that's fair enough.

Richard Ashcroft

Of course, fatherhood fundamentally changes a lot of your life, but it enriches you, too.

Richard Ashcroft

I'd definitely say I'm a depressive, someone who suffers from depression.

Richard Ashcroft

I don't ever want to get to the point where I don't think about death! You've got to swim in it, learn from it - embrace it!

Richard Ashcroft

Glasgow Barrowlands is the greatest concert venue in the world.

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If you really, truly believe in something, you're on fire, and your tongue rolls at the same pace.

Richard Ashcroft

Pop music might seem banal and simple to some people, but it's what it expresses that counts.

Richard Ashcroft

I probably suffered from a narcissistic disorder in some way.

Richard Ashcroft

80% of everything I've experienced since the Verve has been depressing.

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I strongly disagree that you can't have a happy family life and a child as well as rock n' roll.

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Rock n' roll is like a religion.

Richard Ashcroft

I don't think I have enough German blood in me to get into the royal family.

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I love my cracked eyes.

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I'm not one of those freaks who can't see anything past 1977.

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Music is power.

Richard Ashcroft

If this world hasn't made you semi-mad, then you ain't living in it.

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'Bitter Sweet Symphony' is one of the greatest pieces of modern art created by anyone. I'm not blowing my own trumpet here.

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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.'

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We never had a stylist, so I always wore my own clothes.

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Other kids would be playing with their Action Man, and I was questioning life and society.

Richard Ashcroft