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" I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed. "
Noel Gallagher
London
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" When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road. "
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" Even in the nineties, when it was mad and there were photographers all around the house, it never occurred to me to send someone else out to get cigarettes. It took me five minutes - went for a walk, gave a wave, went back inside. "
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" Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another. "
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" I've got my own style on the guitar, sure, and I play rhythm in a certain way, and I use certain inflections. People have said that to me, and I understand it. "
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" We shouldn't need riot police at schools. "
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" I've never felt like I had anything important to say. "
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" I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it. "
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" American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though. "
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" People say I seem very negative about new music - well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I'll tell 'em. I don't like 'em. I'll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player's mam or summat, but I'm afraid that's just me. "
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Negative
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" I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad. "
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Good
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" I know there's bands that might write something that sounds like The Smiths, and they'll go, 'Oh, it sounds like The Smiths, we've got to make it sound not like The Smiths.' "
Noel Gallagher
Sound
Go
Write
" I'm against people downloading music. "
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Downloading
People
" 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 rap was inspirational. Public Enemy were awesome. But it's all about status and bling now, and it doesn't say anything to me. "
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Enemy
People
" My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end. "
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Rock
Star
Son
" Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive. "
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" I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk up Sunset Boulevard, knowing you're going to make music - that's it. "
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Walk
" I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally. I like boys' things, spies and the Cold War. "
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Cold
War
Go
" I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have been so brilliant before you were in a band.' "
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Think
Enjoy
Life
" Every song that I play I wrote by myself. "
Noel Gallagher
Play
Every
Myself
" I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity. "
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Adversity
Live
Out
" Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. "
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People
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" You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me. "
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Age
Getting Old
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" I'm used to people being a mile away. That suits me. It's more nerve-wracking playing in front of people who are two feet away from me. "
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More
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" I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester closing ranks because of the IRA bombings in Birmingham and Manchester, and you know the bin-workers' strike, all wrapped up in it... They were violent times. Violence at home and violence at football matches. "
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" Twenty years from now, will we listen to Lady Gaga? No. She might think she is making a stand for the freaks and the weirdos. But they're not going to have any decent music to play, are they? "
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Stand
Lady
Music
" You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that. "
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Strong
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" I don't fall into the category of tortured artist. But it's not made me more or less anything. "
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" Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. "
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People
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Bad
" I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately. "
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Bit
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Freak
" My wife would say I'm not romantic at all, but I would say that I'm the ultimate romancer because I write about... life being brilliant. "
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