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> [Irish music is guts, balls and feet music, yeah? It's frenetic dance music, yeah? Or it's impossibly sad like slow music, yeah? Yeah? And it also handles all sorts of subjects, from rebel songs to comical songs about sex, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-macgowan/irish-music-is-guts-balls-and-feet-music-yeah-it-s-frenetic-dance/)

[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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