Noel Gallagher Quotes & Sayings

We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing. — Noel Gallagher

If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah ... fair enough ... gotta go home now.' — Noel Gallagher

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

America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention. — Noel Gallagher

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

All i would like to say is that I'm rich and you're not. — Noel Gallagher

You can't really write a full album about your missus. She'll start getting the wrong idea and start thinking I like her. — Noel Gallagher

You can have it all but how much do you want it? — Noel Gallagher

I'm not sure about this Live 8 thing. Correct me if I am wrong, but are they hoping that one of these guys from the G8 is on a quick 15-minute break at Gleneagles and sees Annie Lennox singing "Sweet Dreams" and thinks: "F ... me, she might have a point there, you know." It's not going to f ... happen, is it? Keane doing "Somewhere Only We Know" and some Japanese businessman going: "Aw, look at him ... we should really f ... drop that debt, you know." It's not going to happen, is it? — Noel Gallagher

Next year I hope to get a stalker or two because I don't believe you've arrived until you get a stalker. — Noel Gallagher

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

Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase. — Noel Gallagher

Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you're constantly moving from one song to another. — Noel Gallagher

I sold my soul for the second time, cause' the man don't pay me. — Noel Gallagher

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

There's no reason, ever, to be late. Or early. — Noel Gallagher

He's like a man with a fork, in a world of soup. (about his brother Liam) — Noel Gallagher

We live a dying dream / If you know what I mean — Noel Gallagher

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors. — Noel Gallagher

We need each other / We believe in one another / And I know we're gonna uncover / What's sleeping in our souls — Noel Gallagher

I have to be myself, I can't be no one else ... — Noel Gallagher

I love the satisfaction of living in a world on a Wednesday where a song didn't exist that you're going to create on a Thursday that's going to change somebody's life, possibly, you're creating that from nothing. — Noel Gallagher

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

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

For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

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

I think the fact that Sir Alex Ferguson rested Howard Webb had a lot to do with the result. — Noel Gallagher

I'm equal part genius, equal part buffoon. — Noel Gallagher

My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive ... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think. — Noel Gallagher

The thing about us is we're honest. If we're asked whether we take drugs, we say yes. I was brought up by my mom not to be a liar. — Noel Gallagher

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

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better. — Noel Gallagher

I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realized they were amazing. They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest. — Noel Gallagher

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f ... happy. — Noel Gallagher

It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty. — Noel Gallagher

I've never felt like I had anything important to say. — Noel Gallagher

When we started off, we wanted the girls, the cocaine, the fur coats. It wasn't like it was an act; it was almost like working-class people winning the pools. We went bananas. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

The fate of the African continent does not f-ing depend on a load of f-ing musicians in Hyde Park singing f-ing s-t songs to kids. — Noel Gallagher

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

I don't think people need to know what colour socks I'm wearing today; I don't think people need to know what shower gel I'm using. There's too much information in the world, and there's no magic or mystery anymore. — Noel Gallagher

Why is the rest of the world so overcrowded? Nobody lives in America! We're all squashed up on top of each other in London. — Noel Gallagher

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.' — Noel Gallagher

You and I are gonna live forever — Noel Gallagher

There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing guitar and writing words — Noel Gallagher

When you get to a certain age you find that other people's opinions don't really matter anymore, and you get kind of uncomfortable with your place in modern life. — Noel Gallagher

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent. — Noel Gallagher

You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'll be told they're not. — Noel Gallagher

Traditionally speaking, the three biggest twats in any band are the singer, the keyboardist and the drummer. I don't need to say anything else. — Noel Gallagher

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

We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

Everything's gonna be fine. Stay optimistic. If there's dark clouds coming, they'll leave again. They always do. The world is round. Everything is round. The biggest invention of all time, the wheel, is round. Things pass, nothing will stay the same forever. No matter how big a pile of shite you've gotten yourself into-be it drugs, financial problems, fucked up relations-you will get over it. It will go away just like the weather. The sun is round, so is the planet we live on, as are marriage rings, and our eyes through which we see the world. — Noel Gallagher

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.' — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

Next up was my spiritual home of liverpool.great show.magnificent crowd.they never let you down those scousers.while im at it let me say i am writing this on the day that THE TRUTH has finally been exposed about the hillsborough disaster.respect to all the familys of the 96 for exposing the lies of thatchers government.with hand on heart i salute you.xxxxxx — Noel Gallagher

It is hard to be modest at times like these so I won't even try ... you are all shite! — Noel Gallagher

These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear. — Noel Gallagher

Gone are the days when Virgin Records was owned by Richard Branson, a fan of music. Now they're all owned by some guy who bought it off some guy who bought it off some guy who wants a return on his investment. — Noel Gallagher

The thing about Manchester is ... it all comes from here — Noel Gallagher

I like being famous. It can be a bit of a pain but you get free food in restaurants and people send you clothes. — Noel Gallagher

Take the time to make some sense for what you wanna say,
And cast your words away upon the waves.
Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today,
And as they land upon the shore,
Tell them not to fear no more.
I'm not saying right is wrong,
It's up to us to make the best of all the things that come our way.
Cos' everything that's been has past,
The answers in the looking glass.
There's four and twenty million doors
On life's endless corridor,
So say it loud and sing it proud today. — Noel Gallagher

You're asking if I'm happy? I've got 87 million in the bank, I've got a Rolls Royce, I've got 3 stalkers, I'm about to go on the board at Manchester City, I'm part of the greatest band in the world. Am I happy with that? No, I'm not! I want more! — Noel Gallagher

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

You've got to say what you say / Don't let anybody get in your way — Noel Gallagher

I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome. — Noel Gallagher

Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up — Noel Gallagher

This writer, he was going on about the lyrics to "Champagne Supernova", and he actually said to me: 'You know, the one thing that's stopping it being a classic is the ridiculous lyrics.' And I went: 'What do you mean by that?' And he said: 'Well, Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball - what's that mean?' And I went: 'I don't fucking know. But are you telling me, when you've got 60,000 people singing it, they don't know what it means? It means something different to every one of them. — Noel Gallagher

Kylie Minogue is just a demonic little idiot as far as I'm concerned. She gets cool dance producers to work with her for some bizarre reason, I don't know why. She doesn't even have a good name. It's a stupid name, Kylie, I just don't get it. — Noel Gallagher

I just think Radiohead are f-in' miserable bastards. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

My favorite pastime is staring out the window. When I go on tour, I can spend hours and hours just staring out the window, thinking about nothing. I love all that. — Noel Gallagher

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? — Noel Gallagher

I'll do one eventually as life's too short and none of us is getting any younger. I'd like to make one while I still look good and before I look like Phil Collins, which, eventually, I will. — Noel Gallagher

On credibility: Jack White has just done a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like Zorro on doughnuts. He's supposed to be the poster boy for the alternative way of thinking... I'm not having that, that's fucking wrong. Particularly Coca-Cola, it's like doing a fucking gig for McDonald's. — Noel Gallagher

Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years. — Noel Gallagher

People think I'm controversial for the answers I give to silly questions in interviews, but if somebody asks me what I think about Live 8 or Robbie Williams or Madonna, I'm not thinking about insulting those people; I say what I genuinely feel is in my heart. My conscience is clean, d'you know what I mean? Y'know, I'm true to myself - fuck everybody else. — Noel Gallagher

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

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

Jack White has just done a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like Zorro on doughnuts. — Noel Gallagher

I don't live to work; I work to live. — Noel Gallagher

If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in. — Noel Gallagher

As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear. — Noel Gallagher

If I had a gun, I'd shoot a hole into the sun and love would burn this city down for you. — Noel Gallagher

Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings / Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings / When ordinary people who are like you and me / Are the builders of their destiny. — Noel Gallagher

The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet [gigs], it means, "Give me the check, I need to go to the Levis shop and I need a 1960s Gibson." — Noel Gallagher

It's the first time I'm going to be on my own this Christmas and I'm really looking forward to not having any cards or decorations up. So I'll be in London, sit on my couch, arms folded, curtains drawn, having a drink. — Noel Gallagher

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. — Noel Gallagher

The most annoying person on the BBC is Russell Brand, I've actually been close up to that boy. He smells like when you mix garlic with coffee and alcohol. I'm just saying when you get close to him, he could do with a bit of Sure For Men, he stinks. — Noel Gallagher

When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road. — Noel Gallagher

Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting. — Noel Gallagher

Writing songs, that's what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock'n'roll behaviour, it's the music. — Noel Gallagher

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

Great music is in the ear of the beholder. — Noel Gallagher

It's like anything. It's like you're an actor, or a painter, or a writer. You've always got to entertain yourself first before you can even consider entertaining other people. Because if it doesn't excite you, it's never gonna excite anybody. — Noel Gallagher