Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagheris an English musician, singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He served as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the rock band Oasis. Raised in Burnage, Manchester, Gallagher began learning guitar at the age of thirteen. After a series of odd jobs in construction, he worked for local Manchester band Inspiral Carpets as a roadie and technician in 1988. Whilst touring with them, he learned that his brother Liam Gallagher had formed a band of his...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth29 May 1967
CityLongsight, England
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.
The thing about bands is everybody wants to be the next Oasis, and that doesn't mean slogging it out around the toilet [gigs], it means, "Give me the check, I need to go to the Levis shop and I need a 1960s Gibson."
If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah...fair enough...gotta go home now.'
Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.
Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?
Rock 'n' roll is about music. Music. Music. Music. It's not about you, it's not about me, it's not about Oasis. It's about the tunes.
You and I are gonna live forever
I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.
Some might say they don't believe in heaven Go and tell it to the man who lives in hell.
Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.
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.
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.
If you don't want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.
Jack White has just done a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like Zorro on doughnuts.