Noel Gallagher Quotes
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Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.
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I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.
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We shouldn't need riot police at schools.
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When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.'
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Look. I was a superhero in the '90s. I said so at the time. McCartney, Weller, Townshend, Richards, my first album's better than all their first albums. Even they'd admit that.
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Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing.
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Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent.
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I'll do one eventually as life's too short and none of us is getting any younger. I'd like to make one while I still look good and before I look like Phil Collins, which, eventually, I will.
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I remember the 70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and Manchester, and you know the bin-workers' strike, all wrapped up in it... They were violent times. Violence at home and violence at football matches.
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America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.
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Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.
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Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.
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I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.
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I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.
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My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think.
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I don't think people need to know what colour socks I'm wearing today; I don't think people need to know what shower gel I'm using. There's too much information in the world, and there's no magic or mystery anymore.
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We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.
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You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.
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I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me.
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To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character.
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Do you ever look at the sky and think, I'm glad I'm alive? After I heard System of a Down, I thought, I'm actually alive to hear the shittiest band of all time. Which is quite something when you think about it. Of all the bands that have gone before and all the bands that'll be in the future, I was around when the worst was around.
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I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums.
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I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.
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You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.