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" 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. "

Noel Gallagher

Cold

War

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" There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean? "

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" I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums. "

" Oasis were the last great, traditional rock-n'-roll band. We came along before the Internet so, if you wanted to see us, you had to be there. It makes me feel like a righteous old man. "

" When a lot of musicians change styles, their songwriting suffers because they want to be different. "

" I don't live to work; I work to live. "

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" I'm against people downloading music. "

" 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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" Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard. "

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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. "

" 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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" You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end. "

" You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous. "

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You

Stage

" Great music is in the ear of the beholder. "

" What's problematic about playing stadiums and driving around in private jets and drinking champagne at 8 o'clock in the morning? What's wrong with that? I haven't got a problem with that. I can't fathom why people would. "

" When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever. "

" 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.' "

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Sound

Write

" I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working. "

" When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.' "

" I don't like being on television when I'm playing live. I don't even like being on Jools Holland or any of them programs. "

" To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character. "

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" I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world. "

" There's not enough good things in the world. "

" 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. "

" Every song that I play I wrote by myself. "

" There's no reason, ever, to be late. Or early. "