--- title: "10 Libertines Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 10 Libertines quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Libertines sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/jamie-campbell-bower-11445_hang_when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the_1101500.png" --- > [When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-campbell-bower/when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the-nambucca-pub-in-north-london/) [Jamie Campbell Bower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-campbell-bower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/jamie-campbell-bower-11445_hang_when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the_1101500.png) > ['Gunga Gin' is a true Libertines amalgamation, in the proper, old-fashioned sense of the word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/gunga-gin-is-a-true-libertines-amalgamation-in-the-proper-old/) [Pete Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-doherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/pete-doherty-3984_gin_gunga-gin-is-a-true-libertines-amalgamat_479713.jpg) > [But, you never know when The Libertines is going to come along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-barat/but-you-never-know-when-the-libertines-is-going-to-come-along/) [Carl Barat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-barat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/carl-barat-77005_come_but-you-never-know-when-the-libertines-i_81294.png) > [The Libertines is a lifelong trip with very dear friends that, for one reason or another, will never end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/the-libertines-is-a-lifelong-trip-with-very-dear-friends-that-for-one/) [Pete Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-doherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/pete-doherty-3984_dear-friend_the-libertines-is-a-lifelong-trip-with-v_1614651.jpg) > [We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/we-didn-t-want-to-be-another-post-libertines-band-singing-about/) [James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/james-righton-9782_about_we-didn-t-want-to-be-another-post-libert_56824.jpg) > [“The war had made some into libertines and some into serious, sober men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bracelen-flood/the-war-had-made-some-into-libertines-and-some-into-serious-sober-men/) [Charles Bracelen Flood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bracelen-flood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/charles-bracelen-flood-47696_discipline_the-war-had-made-some-into-libertines-an_1827860.jpg) > [There was a lack of inspiration in London. There were a lot of dregs of the Libertines' movement, and we didn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/there-was-a-lack-of-inspiration-in-london-there-were-a-lot-of-dregs/) [James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/james-righton-9782_big_there-was-a-lack-of-inspiration-in-londo_3230686.jpg) > [If Oasis is the sound of a council estate singing its heart out, then the Libertines sounded like someone just putting something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/if-oasis-is-the-sound-of-a-council-estate-singing-its-heart-out-then/) [Pete Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-doherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/pete-doherty-3984_day_if-oasis-is-the-sound-of-a-council-estat_1187444.jpg) > [“We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/we-re-gonna-be-i-mean-people-like-you-and-me-we-re-gonna-be-fifty/) [Armistead Maupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armistead-maupin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/armistead-maupin-7109_mean-people_we-re-gonna-be-i-mean-people-like-you-an_2811143.jpg) > [In the early days of the Libertines, we used to put on Arcadian cabaret nights. There'd be some girl climbing out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/in-the-early-days-of-the-libertines-we-used-to-put-on-arcadian/) [Pete Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-doherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/pete-doherty-3984_cabaret_in-the-early-days-of-the-libertines-we-u_819676.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/libertines/#itemlist", "name": "Libertines Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jamie Campbell Bower" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-campbell-bower/when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the-nambucca-pub-in-north-london/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/jamie-campbell-bower-11445_hang_when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the_1101500.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/jamie-campbell-bower-11445_hang_when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the_1101500.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/jamie-campbell-bower-11445_hang_when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the_1101500.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.” — Jamie Campbell Bower", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Gunga Gin' is a true Libertines amalgamation, in the proper, old-fashioned sense of the word.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pete Doherty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/gunga-gin-is-a-true-libertines-amalgamation-in-the-proper-old/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/pete-doherty-3984_gin_gunga-gin-is-a-true-libertines-amalgamat_479713.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/pete-doherty-3984_gin_gunga-gin-is-a-true-libertines-amalgamat_479713.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5d/pete-doherty-3984_gin_gunga-gin-is-a-true-libertines-amalgamat_479713.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“'Gunga Gin' is a true Libertines amalgamation, in the proper, old-fashioned sense of the word.” — Pete Doherty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But, you never know when The Libertines is going to come along.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Barat" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-barat/but-you-never-know-when-the-libertines-is-going-to-come-along/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/carl-barat-77005_come_but-you-never-know-when-the-libertines-i_81294.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/carl-barat-77005_come_but-you-never-know-when-the-libertines-i_81294.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/carl-barat-77005_come_but-you-never-know-when-the-libertines-i_81294.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But, you never know when The Libertines is going to come along.” — Carl Barat", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Libertines is a lifelong trip with very dear friends that, for one reason or another, will never end.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pete Doherty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/the-libertines-is-a-lifelong-trip-with-very-dear-friends-that-for-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/pete-doherty-3984_dear-friend_the-libertines-is-a-lifelong-trip-with-v_1614651.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/pete-doherty-3984_dear-friend_the-libertines-is-a-lifelong-trip-with-v_1614651.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/pete-doherty-3984_dear-friend_the-libertines-is-a-lifelong-trip-with-v_1614651.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Libertines is a lifelong trip with very dear friends that, for one reason or another, will never end.” — Pete Doherty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Righton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/we-didn-t-want-to-be-another-post-libertines-band-singing-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/james-righton-9782_about_we-didn-t-want-to-be-another-post-libert_56824.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/james-righton-9782_about_we-didn-t-want-to-be-another-post-libert_56824.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/james-righton-9782_about_we-didn-t-want-to-be-another-post-libert_56824.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords.” — James Righton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The war had made some into libertines and some into serious, sober men.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bracelen Flood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bracelen-flood/the-war-had-made-some-into-libertines-and-some-into-serious-sober-men/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/charles-bracelen-flood-47696_discipline_the-war-had-made-some-into-libertines-an_1827860.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/charles-bracelen-flood-47696_discipline_the-war-had-made-some-into-libertines-an_1827860.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/charles-bracelen-flood-47696_discipline_the-war-had-made-some-into-libertines-an_1827860.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The war had made some into libertines and some into serious, sober men.” — Charles Bracelen Flood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was a lack of inspiration in London. There were a lot of dregs of the Libertines' movement, and we didn't want to do that. We wanted big melodies and hooks, organic melodies that could fall apart at any moment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Righton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/there-was-a-lack-of-inspiration-in-london-there-were-a-lot-of-dregs/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/james-righton-9782_big_there-was-a-lack-of-inspiration-in-londo_3230686.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/james-righton-9782_big_there-was-a-lack-of-inspiration-in-londo_3230686.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/james-righton-9782_big_there-was-a-lack-of-inspiration-in-londo_3230686.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There was a lack of inspiration in London. There were a lot of dregs of the Libertines' movement, and we…” — James Righton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If Oasis is the sound of a council estate singing its heart out, then the Libertines sounded like someone just putting something in the rubbish chute at the back of the estate, trying to work out what day it is.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pete Doherty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/if-oasis-is-the-sound-of-a-council-estate-singing-its-heart-out-then/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/pete-doherty-3984_day_if-oasis-is-the-sound-of-a-council-estat_1187444.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/pete-doherty-3984_day_if-oasis-is-the-sound-of-a-council-estat_1187444.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/pete-doherty-3984_day_if-oasis-is-the-sound-of-a-council-estat_1187444.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If Oasis is the sound of a council estate singing its heart out, then the Libertines sounded like someone…” — Pete Doherty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of twenty-year-old Calvinists.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Armistead Maupin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/we-re-gonna-be-i-mean-people-like-you-and-me-we-re-gonna-be-fifty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/armistead-maupin-7109_mean-people_we-re-gonna-be-i-mean-people-like-you-an_2811143.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/armistead-maupin-7109_mean-people_we-re-gonna-be-i-mean-people-like-you-an_2811143.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/armistead-maupin-7109_mean-people_we-re-gonna-be-i-mean-people-like-you-an_2811143.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of…” — Armistead Maupin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the early days of the Libertines, we used to put on Arcadian cabaret nights. There'd be some girl climbing out of an egg; we'd try and get a couple of mates to tell a few jokes, performance poets, and then we'd play in the middle of it all. More people were on stage than in the crowd.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pete Doherty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/in-the-early-days-of-the-libertines-we-used-to-put-on-arcadian/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/pete-doherty-3984_cabaret_in-the-early-days-of-the-libertines-we-u_819676.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/pete-doherty-3984_cabaret_in-the-early-days-of-the-libertines-we-u_819676.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/pete-doherty-3984_cabaret_in-the-early-days-of-the-libertines-we-u_819676.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the early days of the Libertines, we used to put on Arcadian cabaret nights. There'd be some girl…” — Pete Doherty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/libertines/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/libertines/", "name": "Libertines Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/libertines/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/jamie-campbell-bower-11445_hang_when-i-was-16-i-used-to-hang-out-at-the_1101500.png" }, "description": "Browse 10 Libertines quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Libertines sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/libertines/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/libertines/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Libertines Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/libertines/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```