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" 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.' "
Noel Gallagher
Think
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Life
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" I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get-me vibe. I wouldn't be adverse to doing one with Coldplay or U2 - anyone who sells 50 million albums. "
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" I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity. "
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" Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. "
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" You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is. "
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" You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides. "
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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. "
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" 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 don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it. "
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" I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working. "
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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. "
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" 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.' "
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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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" Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase. "
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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. "
Noel Gallagher
Wave
Walk
Back
" Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be. "
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" When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song. "
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" Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big. "
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" There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars. "
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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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Solo
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" If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison. "
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" The charts are only relevant when you're top of them! "
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Relevant
Top
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" Making records should be fun. "
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Should
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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.' "
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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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