Pete Doherty Quotes

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Pete Doherty

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 12, 1979

I'm a good man.

Pete Doherty

To get better, you have to get worse.

Pete Doherty

I knew I had I a better album than 'Up the Bracket' in me, and I wanted to record it. But I was told we've got to keep touring, keep promoting. That was the first time I realised we were on a conveyor belt.

Pete Doherty

There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music.

Pete Doherty

My brother and I are not rivals. We are shipmates and best friends and the greatest songwriting partnership in the world.

Pete Doherty

For any music aficionados out there, if you just play E to G, with a cool hairdo, you can't go wrong.

Pete Doherty

Humanity's always been weird at heart. Look at how societies form, rituals, practices, even rock n' roll. Humanity really is dark and twisted.

Pete Doherty

Being skint, drunk, paranoid - no, I don't wish that for myself.

Pete Doherty

When you split up with someone, someone that you're seriously in love with, it takes a lot of time before you even realise that you're upset. You know? It just hits you.

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Anyone can feel amazing if you're with someone you love.

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I can't see why people call me a bad influence. I meet a lot of kids who are into music. I spend as much time as I can with them. I listen to their demos, and I'm encouraging.

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He kind of makes me ill, David Cameron. I liked the old-fashioned Tory - like Winston Churchill, who had style. But Cameron's like a new breed - computer-generated. I hate it.

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My sound is just vintage Vox AC30s and Marshalls... Matchless amps are cool as well.

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No, I never surround myself with people I hate.

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In a way, I'm always working with Mick Jones. I feel like he's watching over me all the time. We talk about everything: history quite a lot. Balloons and wars and old football players. The Clash.

Pete Doherty

I've never actually learnt scales. I should someday.

Pete Doherty

I used to write songs to get love, but now that I have it, I don't feel the need to anymore.

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I've been thinking about my life, my loss of friends, relationships, opportunities, money, my values. There's also the loss of relationship with my son and my daughter, who I've only met once. All that loss - I just got so good at blocking it out.

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I wish I had better contact with my family.

Pete Doherty

I'm a dreamer. That often helps me, no matter how crappy things become.

Pete Doherty