Madness (Suggs) - "I think Bowie was so innovative because he was a bit mad. He started the character Ziggy Stardust and then he said he actually started believing he was this character that was like a god."
Madonna - "Elvis Presley? He's God."
Oasis (Liam Gallagher) - "Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it. I'm 24 years old, I've got a load a money, what am I gonna do, sit at home and twiddle me thumbs? No. I'm gonna go out and 'ave it."
Oasis (Noel Gallagher) - "My main concern before going on stage is: 'What frame of mind is our kid going to be in?' If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go: 'Hmmm, yeah, fair enough, gotta go home now."
Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger) - "When we heard we were topping the bill over James Brown we couldn't believe it. We tried for two days to get it changed round - I mean you can't follow an act like that."
Phil Collins - "You know, a song is like a kid. You bring it up. And sometimes something you thought was going to be fantastic, by the time it's finished, is a bit of a disappointment."
Phil Collins - "I suppose Phil Collins offers 'something for everybody' and in hipdom that's not cool. But in the real world there's no shame in that at all."
Pink Floyd (Roger Waters) - "We're not ignored by The Guinness Book Of Records, but we've been largely ignored by the media during our lifetime. If you read any article, no mention is ever made of Pink Floyd. We're never included in the same sentences as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. I wrote 'The Wall' as an attack on stadium rock - and there's Pink Floyd making money out of it by playing it in stadiums! Pathetic. They spoiled my creations."
The Pogues (Shane MacGowan) - "There is drinking in lots of the songs because there is drinking in life. Drinking stimulates the imagination."
Queen (Freddie Mercury) - "Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. **** them, darling. I say what any decent poet would say if you dared ask him to analyse his work: If you see it, dear, then it's there."