- The only thing that's changed is that the recognition of music has become more spread out through the generations. When we started it was just Cilla (Cilla Black) and The Beatles but now you've got The Zutons and the lass from Girls Aloud. There's always someone in each generation of music from Liverpool, whereas with us, we were there and then there was a big gap. We rolled it on a bit. The bands that came after us have very different sounds. I get worried that people say it's a guitar city; it's actually just a live music city. We were making music written by someone from the city, it was produced by a guy from the city, We were still making the music and I think what's really strange though is that we're the last band to have a number one from Liverpool. It's been ten years! I think I like that! Someone told me it was in a national newspaper.
- [2008] I can't understand why anyone would smoke and risk doing this to themselves. I smoked for four years and my skin was spotty and grey-looking and I thought it was my diet. It was my dermatologist who told me that my skin looked so bad because of my smoking. Now I just think you look horrible, you smell horrible and you are killing yourself. I'm never going to risk myself again. I've recently been offered two film roles which I'm thinking of doing but I hope they don't ask me to smoke. I can 100 per cent swear I'd turn them down if they want me to put my health at risk and light a fag in my mouth. Everyone knows the damage smoking does to you so why does society carry on doing it? I could never be with anyone who smokes no matter how much I loved them. I just could not bring myself to kiss them.
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