Shane MacGowan

“Petitions are ridiculous.”

“People are talking about immigration, emigration and the rest of the fucking thing. It's all fucking crap. We're all human beings, we're all mammals, we're all rocks, plants, rivers. Fucking borders are just such a pain in the fucking arse.”

“When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.”

“I drink because I'm thirsty.”

“I'm not singing for the future I'm not dreaming of the past I'm not talking of the fist time I never think about the last”

“My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.”

“I've been here all the time; I could be putting out as many albums as Costello, y'know what I mean?”

“What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.”