Richard Ashcroft:

Guitar Magazine, 1995

•  Nick set us such a high standard but learning together and
  growing together as a unit has been much more powerful than putting an advert in 'Melody Maker' for some guy who's coming from a totally different set of influences. We were lucky, but we made
  our own luck." - On the making of A Northern Soul

Rolling Stone, June 1998

•  "It's an exercise in humanity. And for sensitive heads,
  that can be a difficult transition. It takes a sensitive head to
  make a great fucking record. Let's face it: We don't get that many
  great records from cold, unfeeling people, do we?"
  - On the success of Urban Hymns

• "Me and Nick are more alike than anyone knows".

• "Well maybe you just don't ever get to know him." - Ashcroft on how hard it will be to write about Nick  without meeting and knowing him.

"Nick and I were as volatile as you can be without violence."

Toronto Star Pop Music Critic – Betsy powell

• "Instinctively the time came to ring Nick up and say let's do it. I knew I was right . . . because in a week we were in a room, laughing about it all.'' - before Urban Hymns

Interview with Jo Whiley - June 10 1997

• "The good thing about most bands is there is a duel thing going on.
  You've got your Noel and Liam, and me and Nick about that time were as volatile as you can be in a sense. Not in a physical sense, it never came to blows but mind wise, it got a bit nasty do ya know what I mean?" - when asked about what the major dispute was between him and Nick.