Top 140 Noel Gallagher Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “American sports are quite masculine. And football – although it’s still played by men all over the world – football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there’s no padding. It’s America’s loss, though.”

— Noel Gallagher

52. “Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up.”

— Noel Gallagher

53. “Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He’s mad as custard.”

— Noel Gallagher

54. “With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I’d been born at the same time as John Lennon, I’d have been up there.”

— Noel Gallagher

55. “To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character.”

— Noel Gallagher

56. “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

57. “My son ain’t going to be miserable because he’s going to be the child of a rock star, the end.”

— Noel Gallagher

58. “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

59. “If you don’t want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.”

— Noel Gallagher

60. “You can’t be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.”

— Noel Gallagher

61. “I’m embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.”

— Noel Gallagher

62. “People say I seem very negative about new music – well, if somebody asks me what I think of Keane, I’ll tell ’em. I don’t like ’em. I’ll obviously take it a step too far and grossly insult the keyboard player’s mam or summat, but I’m afraid that’s just me.”

— Noel Gallagher

63. “I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I’m working.”

— Noel Gallagher

64. “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

65. “You’ll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn’t bother me.”

— Noel Gallagher

66. “I don’t like being on television when I’m playing live. I don’t even like being on Jools Holland or any of them programs.”

— Noel Gallagher

67. “I don’t like John Terry and I never have. He’s got funny eyes and he’s a cry baby. He’s also a Cockney.”

— Noel Gallagher

68. “Don’t lay a finger on me eyebrows or I’ll sue you f...”

— Noel Gallagher

69. “I don’t think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.”

— Noel Gallagher

70. “I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn’t.”

— Noel Gallagher

71. “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

72. “When you’re in a band and there’s five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every song.”

— Noel Gallagher

73. “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

74. “I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.”

— Noel Gallagher

75. “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

76. “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

77. “America is incredibly professional and corporate.”

— Noel Gallagher

78. “We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We’ve had incredibly generous offers from alumni for housing.”

— Noel Gallagher

79. “In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that’s it. You’re successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.”

— Noel Gallagher

80. “America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.”

— Noel Gallagher

81. “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

82. “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

83. “College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy.”

— Noel Gallagher

84. “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

85. “As I get older, I don’t aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.”

— Noel Gallagher

86. “I’m a great songwriter, but I’m not the most talented musician.”

— Noel Gallagher

87. “I don’t mind One Direction. They’re harmless, aren’t they?”

— Noel Gallagher

88. “I’m a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.”

— Noel Gallagher

89. “Anything that’s of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.”

— Noel Gallagher

90. “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.”

— Noel Gallagher

91. “We shouldn’t need riot police at schools.”

— Noel Gallagher

92. “I’m not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music.”

— Noel Gallagher

93. “There’s no new direction. It’s not more poppy or more rocky. They’re just rock’n’roll tunes. I’ll never change the music I write.”

— Noel Gallagher

94. “I’ve got my own style on the guitar, sure, and I play rhythm in a certain way, and I use certain inflections. People have said that to me, and I understand it.”

— Noel Gallagher

95. “Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.”

— Noel Gallagher

96. “Women have nine months more experience than you do – nine months to prepare for being a parent.”

— Noel Gallagher

97. “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

98. “The charts are only relevant when you’re top of them!”

— Noel Gallagher

99. “Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.”

— Noel Gallagher

100. “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