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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. "

Noel Gallagher

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Winter

Home

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" Making records should be fun. "

" My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end. "

" 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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I Think

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" Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase. "

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

" 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. "

" I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John. "

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

" 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. "

" We shouldn't need riot police at schools. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it. "

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

" 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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Two

" I don't fall into the category of tortured artist. But it's not made me more or less anything. "

Noel Gallagher

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" It's a sad state when more people retweet than buy records. "

" 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? "

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