Noel Gallagher quotes - page 5

You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous. (Noel Gallagher)
When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different. View quote
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America is incredibly professional and corporate. View quote
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Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. View quote
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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. View quote
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Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard. View quote
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I'm against people downloading music. View quote
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If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison. View quote
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There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars. View quote
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I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it. View quote
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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. (Noel Gallagher)
I don't live to work; I work to live. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. View quote
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These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. View quote
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I like Chris Martin. I think he's a really great songwriter. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Noel Gallagher)
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?' View quote
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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.' View quote
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When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song. View quote
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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? View quote
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