A biography for Pete Dohertyhasn’t been written yet.
“For a little while, maybe I did fall for my own mythology.”
“I have a distinct memory of friends I had at school whose parents were, for want of a better word, bohemian. That was the kind of England that I thought I should have belonged to.”
“Amy Winehouse asked me a while ago if I had written any new songs. I played her something, and when I had finished, she looked at me and said, 'Is that it? Is that all you've got?'”
“Liverpool and London are two places I looked upon as home.”
“If Oasis is the sound of a council estate singing its heart out, then the Libertines sounded like someone just putting something in the rubbish chute at the back of the estate, trying to work out what day it is.”
“I'm always nervous before playing a gig, to tell you the truth. It's what nearly did me in when I was with the Libertines. I just couldn't handle it.”
“I've always enjoyed acting, and there's more than a degree of it involved in singing live on stage.”
“So many actors say, 'Oh, I can't bear to see myself on screen,' but it's not true. Everyone loves to see themselves from a good angle.”
“There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music.”
“I'm always looking over my shoulder.”
“My older sister, Amy Jo, and I - we are the first generation of my family to stay on at school and do any exams at all.”
“I'm not an activist. I'm a fantasist.”
“When I was 16, walking down Oxford Street, I saw Ian Brown. I said, 'Are you Ian Brown?' He said no and walked off, but I am sure it was him.”
“I never went to school in England until I was 12.”
“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.”
“I've never actually learnt scales. I should someday.”
“Drugs are a very selfish thing.”
“I like touring. It's like a school trip.”
“I love life. I squeeze everything I can out of the day.”
“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.”