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title: "1 Drinking Life Quotes By Shane MacGowan"
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> [There is drinking in lots of the songs because there is drinking in life. Drinking stimulates the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/there-is-drinking-in-lots-of-the-songs-because-there-is-drinking-in/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

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## More by Shane MacGowan

> [The only politician anybody ever believed was Kennedy, anyway. Kennedy, Martin Luther King - civil rights always turns out in bloody war. Where's his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/the-only-politician-anybody-ever-believed-was-kennedy-anyway-kennedy/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [Cram as much pleasure as you can into life, and rail against the pain that you have to suffer as a result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/cram-as-much-pleasure-as-you-can-into-life-and-rail-against-the-pain/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [I'm not so much a rock star, d'ya know what I mean? I play Irish music. There's really no age when you stop playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/i-m-not-so-much-a-rock-star-d-ya-know-what-i-mean-i-play-irish-music/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [I'm just following the Irish tradition of songwriting, the Irish way of life, the human way of life. Cram as much pleasure into life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/i-m-just-following-the-irish-tradition-of-songwriting-the-irish-way/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/what-i-do-is-i-m-a-bandleader-frontman-entertainer/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [With The Pogues, at least the first three albums I'll stand by completely, yeah? Because I was in artistic control then, yeah? And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/with-the-pogues-at-least-the-first-three-albums-i-ll-stand-by/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [“For its stupid to laugh and its useless to bawl About a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/for-its-stupid-to-laugh-and-its-useless-to-bawl-about-a-rusty-tin-can/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [I've been a babe magnet for quite a while now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/i-ve-been-a-babe-magnet-for-quite-a-while-now/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [I don't believe in the Holy Trinity - but I do believe in the Holy Ghost. The Holy Spook is just a friendly way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/i-don-t-believe-in-the-holy-trinity-but-i-do-believe-in-the-holy/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [I drink because I’m thirsty,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/i-drink-because-i-m-thirsty/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [I play Irish popular music, yeah? Calling it folk is like putting it in a box. It's a living tradition, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/i-play-irish-popular-music-yeah-calling-it-folk-is-like-putting-it-in/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [The most important thing to remember about drunks is that drunks are far more intelligent than non-drunks- they spend a lot of time talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/the-most-important-thing-to-remember-about-drunks-is-that-drunks-are/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [There's an art to playing live. It's a great feeling. It's indescribable. It's what I love. I wouldn't do it if I didn't enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/there-s-an-art-to-playing-live-it-s-a-great-feeling-it-s/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/my-dad-has-no-control-over-who-works-with-me-me-me-and-me-alone-has/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

> [I hate the bloody highways. I hate hamburgers, I hate Greyhound buses. I'd have liked to have been in America during the Jazz Age,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/i-hate-the-bloody-highways-i-hate-hamburgers-i-hate-greyhound-buses-i/)

[Shane MacGowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-macgowan/)

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