Top 75 Bez Quotes

When I was growing up in Salford, I was always in trouble. It was stuff like petty crime and all sorts of things.

Normally I’ve been burning lots of calories by dancing, going to shows and generally being active. But since we went into the first lockdown I’ve mainly sat on the sofa.

I was quite worried about old Shaun as he isn’t the healthiest man in the world. I’ve always told him to take Vitamin C and all that but he says, ‘I’m allergic to it.’

So basically America, they are the Knights Templars of, and they’ve taken us into, perpetual war – that’s their game.

I wanted a lifestyle that wasn’t money-based.

I would never do politics again.

I would like to go right back in time to when God created man, and the Adam and Eve story, and the Anunnaki and all that, to discover the real truth about our creation.

I’m just poorly organized.

I’ve got no pension, and I’m not going to go out with a begging bowl.

Like me, most of my fellow artists struggle within the confines of what is ‘politically correct.’

We’re facing last orders in the last chance saloon when it comes to climate change.

Certainly, with the state of the Arctic and rising sea-levels, it would be beneficial to move people away from our coastlines and flood-lands before further devastation.

I’ve been saying we need a revolution, and there’s no good shouting about it when you’re not actually doing anything.

I don’t like either the Labour Party or the Conservatives, but I did really like Tony Benn.

The Mondays are not going to last for ever and I can’t live that lifestyle for ever.

I’d like to think I’m somewhere between Joe Wicks and Mr. Motivator.

If bees die out we are really going to be in trouble.

It has been quite a rollercoaster ride, but one that I’ve enjoyed.

I was basically a rebel without a cause. And I got kicked out by my parents and ended up homeless.

When I went traveling, I was sleeping on the beach. Sometimes I was starving. I used to dream of eating a meat pie from the chippy.

I’d like to be a revolutionary leader, part of the team that brings freedom to the people of the Earth.

I’m a 50-year-old man. The most I can do these days on a night out is wobble on the spot.

I have special pants I wear at Christmas.

I’m a beekeeper and take beehives into schools, along with juices and organic vegetables.

I’ve been known to have a good guess at the future.

I want to create a permaculture society.

If you want to do something about things, you’ve got to get into the corridors of power and take them on.

Hopefully, people will listen to ‘One Dream’ and like it.

We’ve got older now but I’d love nothing more than to have Shaun back in my life again so we can enjoy some more good times.

In a funny sort of way, the ramshackle bunch known as the Happy Mondays were a lifesaver for me.

I had my first go on a horse the other day down at the yard on a big giant, it’s like a hunter horse, it was so big, and I get on top of it… it was just massive and I was so scared.

Life throws up these conundrums but you always come away having gained knowledge.

My grandad, when he came home from the war, the only thing he came home with was four massive tins of honey and ever since honey has been part of our family life – on our cereal and in our tea.

I cant wait to start yoga – I’ve never done yoga before so that should be really funny.

Not in my wildest dreams did I think it would ever become a job. I’m forever grateful for it happening. Although it did take me years to own up to being a dancer.

I just love the apple. There’s no contest as far as fruit goes, in my eyes. It comes from the garden of Eden.

The idea of living on the land and growing my own food and energy was really appealing.

No one in Britain wants Fracking. But the government is, against the will of the people, trying to force it upon us all. And we’re not having it.

I’ve lost count of the number of blokes who’ve come up to me over the years and said ‘thanks for making it OK for indie guys to get on the dance floor.’

I can take to any lifestyle given half the chance.

For me, it doesn’t matter who it is, who’s the head figure of America.

I won’t be on the stage because my performing days are over. Basically I’m too old. I’m incapable of doing the job, I’m carrying too many injuries.

I’ve never been addicted to anything. Not even ciggies.

We’ve been really fortunate – part of Factory Records, part of the Manchester scene that went worldwide.

I’ve never voted in my life. I’ve never felt able to put my pen to a ballot paper because there was nobody I believed I could vote for. They were all working for the bankers. There was nobody for the people.

With some cider you can literally taste the spirituality in it.

I’m still rebelling against the system, but now I’m rebelling through politics instead of dancing.

I certainly didn’t wake up one morning and forget to register The Reality Party. Far from it. The Electoral Commission didn’t run checks thoroughly before giving us the green light in March 2014, and then months later suddenly wanted to question our party name when it came to light that we might confuse voters.

I’ve got no acting skills, no musical skills and I haven’t really got any dancing skills.

Jobseeker’s Allowance was on me case trying to get me to do some warehouse work. Shifting boxes of beans or something, so I thought ‘I’d better do the Mondays thing instead.’

The Labour party was supposed to defend the people and be for the working class, but now they only have ever-so-slightly different polices from the Conservatives.

I always advise my sons to believe that they can do whatever they want, and they do. They’re very similar to me in their attitude.

I am trying to get permaculture on to the national curriculum to teach children how to take care of their own health, rather than relying on businesses to feed them.

My Flying Bus stage at Glastonbury is really special to me and a great hangout for the hardcore party people.

The money all went to the taxman. I’m completely skint.

Trump is an all-American President. You don’t get there unless you’ve been chosen by the leading elite.

I’m an optimist; I always believe that there must be something round the corner.

I’ve always eaten healthily; I’ve always been quite athletic and sporty, and I’ve always lived a balanced lifestyle.

Nobody got half of my politics because I was saying everything should be free.

I don’t think my dad understood my character as a child growing up.

I couldn’t believe that I’d got to the age of 50 and was feeling that my life was just beginning.

Believe it or not, I once did ‘Mastermind’ and I’m happy to say I didn’t finish last.

I don’t want to do Happy Mondays and Black Grape again.

I played football for a United XI against Newcastle recently, and then did a show with the Mondays the weekend after. Man, my legs! My groin! I really struggled through that gig. I’m not as young as I used to be.

I’ve realized water is the secret of youth.

I’ll never forget the first time I went to the Hacienda. It was like walking into a big butcher’s fridge, with the plastic curtains hanging down. It was everything we had ever dreamed of in a nightclub.

I went to live with my grandparents when my parents threw me out. Then I went to prison at the age of 17, to detention centre, and I remained there until I was 20.

I’ve got my places where no one will find me.

I have got a personal trainer who puts me through my passes.

I grew up in a very working-class area with a high crime rate and when I first started to break away from my social conditioning, I fell into a life of crime.

Every man, woman and child in the global community has a right to be treated in a fair and equal manner and this should be both understood and upheld.

I was deemed difficult to deal with and I blame my behavioural problems on the measles jab. I’ve got no proof though; it’s just hearsay, but I do believe a lot of these vaccinations were absolutely unnecessary.

Life gives back what you give out. If you go around grumpy and drunk, then that is what life throws back at you.

You always worry for your kids’ wellbeing.

In my mind, if anyone can save the world from destroying itself, it will be the creative minds: the thinkers, the artists and the avant-garde trailblazers that will ultimately bring down the whole matrix of untruth and set mankind on a lesser destructive and more spiritual path.