Noel Gallagher Quotes
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I'm not sure about this Live 8 thing. Correct me if I am wrong, but are they hoping that one of these guys from the G8 is on a quick 15-minute break at Gleneagles and sees Annie Lennox singing "Sweet Dreams" and thinks: "F... me, she might have a point there, you know." It's not going to f... happen, is it? Keane doing "Somewhere Only We Know" and some Japanese businessman going: "Aw, look at him...we should really f... drop that debt, you know." It's not going to happen, is it?
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We shouldn't need riot police at schools.
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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'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.
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My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant.
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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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America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.
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It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty.
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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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You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.
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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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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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Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.
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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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I don't fall into the category of tortured artist. But it's not made me more or less anything.
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My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end.
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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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Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins.
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America is incredibly professional and corporate.
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You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'll be told they're not.
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The Who always play 'I Can't Explain'; and we'll always play 'Wonderwall'. People ask us if we get bored of it. You can't get bored of 15,000 people shouting for 'Wonderwall'. That's better than drugs. You get a hard-on when you hear that.
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The thing about Manchester is...it all comes from here.
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I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.