There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? Nothing can be that good if Piers Morgan is in it, you know what I mean?
— 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.
I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it.
These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.
Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.
You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.
You can't really write a full album about your missus. She'll start getting the wrong idea and start thinking I like her.
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.
Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.
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.
I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.
I'm not technically proficient enough to attempt all kinds of music.
My son ain't going to be miserable because he's going to be the child of a rock star, the end.
Rock n' roll to me is all about freedom of thought and to be whatever you want to be.
Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.
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.
I'm a little bit of a control freak when it comes to my music, unfortunately.
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.
I can make going to the dry-cleaners last an entire day, and the dry cleaners might be 150 yards from my front door. You might find it hard to believe, but I am bone-idle lazy.
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?'
For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion.
You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.
I like Chris Martin. I think he's a really great songwriter.
There's no reason, ever, to be late. Or early.
I love the NFL. I don't have a team per se, but I'm into it.
As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.
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.
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.
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.
Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Every album I've ever been involved in, on the day that it came out I believed in it.
Great music is in the ear of the beholder.
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.
You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's very difficult to just let yourself go and be in love. You've got to be strong enough for that.
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?
You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.
You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.
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.
You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.
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.
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.
Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.
I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and work in the sunshine. To walk up Sunset Boulevard, knowing you're going to make music - that's it.
There's not enough good things in the world.
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.'
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.
