"When the Roses first came out, the early reviews used to call me simian. I had to look that up at the time. Then they used to call me androgenous. Then somewhere down the line, through all the Madchester thing, it became, "He's a crackhead." I've never even tried crack, I've never taken heroin. I didn't start smoking weed until I was 22."

Ian Brown: not a massive fan or owt but he gives good chat.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/oct/01/question-time-ian-brown