Ed Sheeran? I don’t like the fact he gets a lot of stick. I like the fact he works hard, and God knows how much money he pays to the tax man each year. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote
I am so lucky that I have been part of and written songs that will always resonate no matter how old they get. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote
The mad thing is, most of my life, when I’m not in a dark mood, it’s been humour that’s got me through. The only way to get through this business is by laughing. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote
The greatest footballers take the sport into the world of art, of performance. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote
The most sacred thing you can get is time. That’s all people want on their death bed; that’s what it’s all about. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote
My job is to make grown men cry, to blow people’s minds and elevate them, make them transcend and unlock emotions that have been repressed by life, their job, situation – that’s what I do. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote
When I read about Gram Parsons’ dream of this Cosmic American Music when I was in my late teens, that stuck with me: that idea, that ambition, to draw off the roots of music but take it somewhere fresh. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote
Criticism is beyond your control and is a collective group of people deciding things about you that may or may not be true. Some critics look for more when there’s no need to. They have a dotto-dot picture of me they are intent on filling in. Richard Ashcroft Read Quote