Noel Gallagher Quotes

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Noel Gallagher

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 29, 1967

I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

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

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

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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'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.

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I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

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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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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.

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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 can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

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You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.

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

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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.

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Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing.

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

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I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.

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If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime.

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Great music is in the ear of the beholder.

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