Richard Ashcroft : (4) " 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 " I’m very lucky that I can walk on the stage before anyone in the world. And that’s the thing: you’ve got to be pretty confident to go on after me. You’ve got to have the artillery, as I call it. And the artillery is your songs. " - Richard Ashcroft " I strongly disagree that you can’t have a happy family life and a child as well as rock n’ roll. " - Richard Ashcroft " I lost a good friend a few years ago, and it happened quite suddenly. Any event like that leaves you with questions. Would a phone call have made a difference? Did the person know that you were there for them? " - Richard Ashcroft