A biography for Noel Gallagherhasn’t been written yet.
“You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.”
“Chart positions are for people with manbags who get to work at 11 A.M. because they've been at a digital meeting.”
“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?”
“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.'”
“I don't live to work; I work to live.”
“I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.”
“For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion.”
“I don't have the genetic make up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.”
“I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.”
“We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.”
“My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?'”
“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.”
“When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on, whatever.”
“He's like a man with a fork, in a world of soup. (about his brother Liam)”
“You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.”
“I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.”
“Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer.”