Nicky Wire

I do consider myself to be something of a pretentious wanker.

— Nicky Wire

We all decided that from the start, me and Richey can't write music but we can write lyrics and look pretty tarty.

— Nicky Wire

The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.

— Nicky Wire

“Most of the songs were based round the theme of lost innocence and as that's precisely what we were experiencing at the…

— Nicky Wire

If literature or music can make you think or become aware, then it's done something. That's what we've always wanted to do,…

— Nicky Wire

I think solitude is a really positive thing. I cherish solitude immensely. In today’s society, there’s so much pressure to communicate, eat…

— Nicky Wire

A blank page of paper and a pen is the greatest invention its so exciting to be confronted by possibility.

— Nicky Wire