I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
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… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Writing songs, that's what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock'n'roll behaviour, it's the music. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Jack White has just done a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realized they… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I'm a massive fan of the Stones, and I don't think anybody should deny them the right to carry on making music.… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Look. I was a superhero in the '90s. I said so at the time. McCartney, Weller, Townshend, Richards, my first album's better… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn't exist that you're going to create… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths,… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
“This writer, he was going on about the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova", and he actually said to me: ‘You know, the one… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Do you ever look at the sky and think, I'm glad I'm alive? After I heard System of a Down, I thought,… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
None of us went to university, none of us went to college, none of us played in a different band before, none… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is an idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
The fate of the African continent does not f-ing depend on a load of f-ing musicians in Hyde Park singing f-ing s-t… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I wasn't put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
You can't really write a full album about your missus. She'll start getting the wrong idea and start thinking I like her. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong, Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone, So bring it on home and… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
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,… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchester in the '80s when… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
I'm a massive fan of the Stones, and I don't think anybody should deny them the right to carry on making music. I just… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
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… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
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. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
Some might say they don't believe in heaven Go and tell it to the man who lives in hell. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share
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