Nicholas Allen Jones Quotes

United Kingdom, Lyricist
January 20, 1969

Nicholas Allen Jones known as Nicky Wire, is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist with the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers.

Also known as Bassist, Vocalist

If literature or music can make you think or become aware, then it's done something. That's what we've always wanted to do, just ignite sparks in people's minds. We can't offer a manifesto of how to make your life better.

Nicholas Allen Jones
- People
- Mind
- Literature
A blank page of paper and a pen is the greatest invention its so exciting to be confronted by possibility.

Nicholas Allen Jones

We all decided that from the start, me and Richey can't write music but we can write lyrics and look pretty tarty.

Nicholas Allen Jones
- Writing
- Looks
- Decided
I do consider myself to be something of a pretentious wanker.

Nicholas Allen Jones
- Pretentious
I think solitude is a really positive thing. I cherish solitude immensely. In today’s society, there’s so much pressure to communicate, eat out, be friends with people. Why can’t you read a book on your own? Why have you got to have a book club?

Nicholas Allen Jones
- Book
- Today
- Solitude
The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.

Nicholas Allen Jones
- America