Noel gallagher quotes

All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade

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.

I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.

Every song that I play I wrote by myself.

Rock 'n' roll is about music. Music. Music. Music. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about Oasis. It's about the tunes.

Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings, Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings, When ordinary people who are like you and me, Are the builders of their destiny...

My favorite pastime is staring out the window. When I go on tour, I can spend hours and hours just staring out the window, thinking about nothing. I love all that.

The scumbags are taking over the streets. I don't know what David Cameron and Gordon Brown are going to do about it. It all goes back to the Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher) years. It sounds like a cliché but that's when the rot set in.

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.

I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk up Sunset Boulevard, knowing you're going to make music - that's it.

None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none of us done anything. We were the last great band to come out of nowhere, on an indie label. We've sold 50 million records. That's still the benchmark. Until someone does what we've done, I'll always consider myself the last big songwriter

You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.

When we started off, we wanted the girls, the cocaine, the fur coats. It wasn't like it was an act; it was almost like working-class people winning the pools. We went bananas.

I have to be myself, I can't be no one else.

The thing about Manchester is...it all comes from here

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.

Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?

Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they?

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.

If I had a gun, I'd shoot a hole into the sun and love would burn this city down for you.

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.

When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.

Jack White has just done a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like Zorro on doughnuts.

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.

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.

I despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is an idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever crossed in my life. Eminem's new song about his kid - isn't it the most ridiculous piece of music you have ever heard in your life? I just don't like the dragging women around on dog leads and all that stuff

I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn't exist that you're going to create on a Thursday that's going to change somebody's life, possibly, you're creating that from nothing.

I'm against people downloading music.

True perfection has to be imperfect. I know that sounds foolish, but it's true.

We shouldn't need riot police at schools.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

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.

Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it.

If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison.

These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.

Great music is in the ear of the beholder.

I'm not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music.

The charts are only relevant when you're top of them!

I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys' things, spies and the Cold War.

There was a euphoria in the music and the way it was delivered, and, as the crowds started to get bigger, it fed off itself until it became less about the band and more about being with all those people, jumping up and down, drunk to the music.

I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums.

I'm equal part genius, equal part buffoon.

I did drugs for 18 years and I never got that bad as to say, 'You know what? I think the Kaiser Chiefs are brilliant.'

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.

Oasis were the last great, traditional rock 'n' roll band. We came along before the Internet so, if you wanted to see us, you had to be there. It makes me feel like a righteous old man.

There are periods where you think, "What am I doing?" or "What am I doing it for?"; that's a more scary question. "I've made s---loads of money, I've left my mark in music, why am I still doing this?," and it takes a while to answer that question.

Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.

It is hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try...you are all shite!

Next year I hope to get a stalker or two because I don't believe you've arrived until you get a stalker.

I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.

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.

Some might say that sunshine follows thunderGo and tell it to the man who cannot shineSome might say that we should never ponderOn our thoughts today cos they will sway over timeSome might say they don't believe in heaven Go and tell it to the man who lives in hellSome might say you get what you've been givenIf you don't get yours I won't get mine as well

You're asking if I'm happy? I've got 87 million in the bank, I've got a Rolls Royce, I've got 3 stalkers, I'm about to go on the board at Manchester City, I'm part of the greatest band in the world. Am I happy with that? No, I'm not! I want more!

You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.

As soon as people realize that the majority of people in this country take drugs then the better off we'll all be. It's not like a scandalous sensation or anything like that... drugs is like getting up and having a cup of tea in the morning.

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.

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase.

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.

Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul....it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great songs. And, besides, I'd like to raid their wardrobe.

I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.

The most annoying person on the BBC is Russell Brand, I've actually been close up to that boy. He smells like when you mix garlic with coffee and alcohol. I'm just saying when you get close to him, he could do with a bit of Sure For Men, he stinks.

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another.

I've always been into guitars. We want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John.

Writing songs, that's what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock'n'roll behaviour, it's the music.

You and I are gonna live forever...

You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is.

I don't live to work; I work to live.

I've never felt like I had anything important to say.

I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my Mum. I know I've got Irish blood because I wake up everyday with a hangover.

If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.

My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end.

Don't lay a finger on me eyebrows or I'll sue you f...

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

I'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible.

Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq.

No matter how much you sit there twiddling, going, 'We're all doomed', at the end of the day people will always want to hear you play Creep. Get over it.

With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.

Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.

Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be.

I like Chris Martin. I think he's a really great songwriter.

Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive.

My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?'

It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty.

You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.

Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up.

I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed.

I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

I just think Radiohead are f-in' miserable bastards.

Progression is going forwards. Going backwards is regression. Going sideways is just gression.

We need each other, We believe in one another, And I know we're gonna uncover, What's sleepin' in our soul...

You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way...

When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song.

I wasn't put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs.

I think the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson rested Howard Webb had a lot to do with the result.

I'll have my way, In my own time, I'll have my say, My star will shine...

Why is the rest of the world so overcrowded? Nobody lives in America! We're all squashed up on top of each other in London.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

I certainly don’t believe in religion, although I find it fascinating that it’s become so powerful in the world and it’s kind of dictated morals down through societies for thousands of years, but I don’t see the hand of God at work in the world anywhere.

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.

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent.

It's not about being upset about the things you might have said or done yesterday, which is quite appropriate at the moment. It's about looking forward rather than looking back. I hate people who look back on the past or talk about what might have been.

I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front door. You might find it hard to believe, but I am bone-idle lazy.

I know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths, we've got to make it sound not like The Smiths.'

There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean?

I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realized they were amazing. They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest.

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.

You can have it all but how much do you want it?

I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it.

I sold my soul for the second time, cause' the man don't pay me.

All i would like to say is that I'm rich and you're not.

Thank you for the sun, The one that shines on everyone, Who feels love...

Some might say they don't believe in heaven Go and tell it to the man who lives in hell.

I don't have the genetic make-up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.

Kylie Minogue is just a demonic little idiot as far as I'm concerned. She gets cool dance producers to work with her for some bizarre reason, I don't know why. She doesn't even have a good name. It's a stupid name, Kylie, I just don't get it.

People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me.

There's not enough good things in the world.

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.