“Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years.”
“I’m a great songwriter, but I’m not the most talented musician.” (Photo: Archive)
“What did I think of Jay-Z doing ‘Wonderwall’? It was pretty funny. But I’m not sure one should be seen in public with a white Stratocaster.” (Photo: Archive)
“We’re not arrogant, we just believe we’re the best band in the world.” (Photo: Archive)
“Why is Posh Beckham writing a f***ing book of her memoirs? she can’t even chew chewing gum and walk in a f***ing straight line at the same time, let alone write a book.” (Photo: Archive)
“I’m equal part genius, equal part buffoon.” (Photo: Archive)
“We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter.” (Photo: Archive)
“I feel sorry for Keane. No matter how hard they try they’ll always be squares. Even if one of them started injecting heroin into onto his cock people would go ‘Yeah but your dad was a vicar, good night’.” (Photo: Archive)
“Look. I was a superhero in the ’90s. I said so at the time. McCartney, Weller, Townshend, Richards, my first album’s better than all their first albums. Even they’d admit that.” (Photo: Archive)
“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 f***ing music to play are they?” (Photo: Archive)
“I was on the verge of saying to my daughter, ‘There is no Father Christmas’ – I’m looking forward to breaking the news in about two years.”
“Just because you sell lots of records it doesn’t mean to say you`re any good. Look at Phil Collins.” (Photo: Archive)
“Nothing bothers me more than when groups like Pearl Jam and Nirvana whine and moan and complain about life and being famous. Let me tell you, being famous is great!” (Photo: Archive)
“I’m embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.” (Photo: Archive)
“We like annoying people. It’s a Manchester thing. It’s a trait. We just like pissing people off.” (Photo: Archive)
“If you don’t want to be the biggest band in the world, you may as well pack it in.” (Photo: Archive)
“As soon as people realise that the majority of people in this country take drugs, then the better off we’ll all be.” (Photo: Archive)
“I don’t think two blokes having the same f***ing argument for 16 years over and over is the stuff of opera. Oasis: The Opera would be very short.” (Photo: Archive)
“Kylie Minogue is just a demonic little idiot as far as I’m concerned.”
“I despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is an idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever crossed in my life.”
“Jack White, right, has just done a song for Coca-Cola. End of. He ceases to be in the club. And he looks like Zorro on doughnuts.”
“I never really see myself as being a frontman and I can see it being a major pain in the ass for me.” (Photo: Archive)
“I f***ing love U2 and I always have done – I love the size of that band. Whether you like them or not, you cannot deny that U2 have written some great f***ing songs.” (Photo: Archive)
“Sure I love Liam, but not as much as I love Pot Noodles.” (Photo: Archive)
“But, you see, Louis Walsh, he’s mad as a box of frogs isn’t he? He lives in a parallel universe.” (Photo: Archive)
“Is there anything funnier than a dog, going down the high street with his face hangin’ out the window?”
“I wasn’t put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs.” (Photo: Archive)
“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.” (Photo: Archive)
“I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for my Mum. I know I’ve got Irish blood because I wake up everyday with a hangover.” (Photo: Archive)
“I still tell people that the ‘Be Here Now’ album is the best advertisement against taking cocaine. It goes on too long, it’s smothered by its self of self-importance – the same as coke users are.” (Photo: Archive)
“Liam is… rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy. He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”
“Someone told me ‘Supersonic’ was about teenage prostitution. S***. It’s about a nine-stone Rottweiler called Elsa who was in the studio where we were recording.” (Photo: Archive)
“Writing songs, that’s what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock’n’roll behaviour, it’s the music.” (Photo: Archive)
“I had built for me a customized 1967 Mark II Jaguar convertible at a cost of £110,000, and I haven’t got a driving license. It’s useless to me.” (Photo: Archive)
“You can’t get bored of 15,000 people shouting for ‘Wonderwall’. That’s better than drugs. You get a hard-on when you hear that.” (Photo: Archive)
So we’ve heard Liam Gallagher’s side of the story, but what about his little brother Noel? The Oasis songwriter and guitarist also has some real zinger quotes!
