Top 189 Quotes & Sayings by Noel Gallagher - Page 2

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.

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?

Every song that I play I wrote by myself.

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

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.

Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.

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.

I don't like being on television when I'm playing live. I don't even like being on Jools Holland or any of them programs.

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.

There's not enough good things in the world.

When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road.

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.

You can't really write a full album about your missus. She'll start getting the wrong idea and start thinking I like her.

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

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

As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.

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

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

I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it.

Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some guy who bought it off some guy who bought it off some guy who wants a return on his investment.

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.'

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.

You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

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

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.

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

For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion.

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

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 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've got my own style on the guitar, sure, and I play rhythm in a certain way, and I use certain inflections. People have said that to me, and I understand it.

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.

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

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.

Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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.

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.'

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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