50 of Liam Gallagher's best ever quotes

21 September 2024, 08:00

To celebrate Liam Gallagher's birthday, let's remember some of the most rock 'n' roll things he's said over the past half-century.

By Radio X

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1. “I’m not an entertainer. But I do entertain people.”

   

2. “I see myself as one of the f**king true great rock’n’roll singers on the planet.”

   Noisey, June 2017

3. "I was walking along and this chair came flying past me, and another, and another, and I thought, man, is this gonna be a good night."

4. “I’m not thinking about anything except getting the message across. I don’t even know what the f**king message is!”

5. "I called him but don’t tell anyone as I don't want folk thinking I’m a soft lad and stuffs"

   Liam Gallagher admits he called Noel to instigate the Oasis reunion, X/Twitter, September 2024

   I called him but don’t tell anyone as I do t wont folk thinking I’m a soft lad and stuffs keep it between me n you cheers x

   — Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 11, 2024

6. “I thought we’d be the Stones, doing it until the day we died. For it to implode like that was disastrous."

   On the Oasis split, Readers Digest July 2022

7. “I am a tender, beautiful and loving guy that happens to slap a photographer now and then because they get in my way.”

8. “That voice, which used to be very distant, saying, ‘Go to bed. You’re not going out tonight,’ is now very loud."

   Readers Digest July 2022

9. “I’ll never have a bad word about Oasis, it was f**king amazing. It’s why I’m adored by millions. But it’s over.”

10. "I enjoy getting up early. I like the morning. I like the quiet. You go out at eleven and all the lunatics are out."

    Esquire, April 2022

11. "Sure Noel is good. But I'm better."

    Addict, February 1995

    

12. "I could write that standing on my head"

    Liam Gallagher on Blur's Song 2

    I could write that standing on my head you spunkbubble

    — Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) April 11, 2024

13. “I’ve only been down Oxford Street once. It was a few years ago after an awards ceremony. It was three in the morning. And I got arrested.”

14. "Stone Roses 1989. I was in the crowd and I thought f**k this, I'm off to do it myself."

    The Telegraph, August 1997

15. “I’ve mellowed, but not in the sense of liking Radiohead or Coldplay.”

    

16. “I’m an average lad who was born in Burnage who played conkers. Conkers, mate. Conkers. The lot. And now I'm in a band and nothing's changed.”

17. "All I want is to do my gigs, sing my songs, have a couple of pints and go on holiday with my family and my missus."

    The Guardian, May 2022

18. I’m not sure if I believe in God, but if he’s meant to be the main guy, then maybe I’d give him a kick in the b*llocks and say: “What the f**k are you doing, letting all these young kids get killed in these wars?"

    The Guardian, May 2022

19. “Rock stars exercising? I don't think it's right. You either got it or you ain’t.”

    

20. "I've been there, bought the T-shirt. If you ever need to have a chat about anything, I’m your man."

    Esquire, April 2022

21. “That’s the story of my life, mate, I’m always having to go one louder.”

22. "If you don’t like what you’re doing, it must be strange."

    Esquire, April 2022

    

23. “'Oh, I’ve heard [Wonderwall] a million times'. Well, you’re going to f**king hear it another million times."

    Esquire, April 2022

24. "I’m constantly brushing my teeth. Whenever I walk past a toothbrush I’ll have a little go."

    The Face, September 2019

25. “I ain’t no politician or preacher, but I know what’s right.”

    The Face, August 1994

    

26. "I don’t VAR what comes out of my mouth man. Whatever comes out comes out and I live and die by it.”

    Liam Gallagher on being outspoken, to Johnny Vaughan on Radio X, January 2024

    

    Liam Gallagher & John Squire on their tour dates and new album

27. "I m not drinking till my birthday - I’ve had enough of the truth juice."

    Twitter, September 2022

28. "Would I give Noel a kidney? Without a doubt. Of course I would. He’s my brother, man, and I love him."

    The Guardian, May 2022

    

29. "Would I go on Love Island? I ain't got the body for it."

    LadBible, June 2022

30. "I f***ing hate sleeping, me. I wish I didn't have to sleep, it's such a waste or time. I'd rather be up, living."

    NME, July 1997

    

31. "I think it's good being a bit dangerous. There's a few more kids going out going, 'F*** it, I can have what I want out of life'."

    Rolling Stone, May 1995

32. "It's just me and me brother having arguments in a band. If we weren't in a band, we'd be havin' it in the house. If we had a greengrocers, Gallagher's Greengrocers, we'd argue over which way we set out the apples or the f***in' pears."

    Rolling Stone, May 1995

33. "I'm not a pop star. I'm a rock 'n'roll star. And I'm mad for it."

    NME, July 1997

    

34. "All that tabloid stuff is a pain in the arse, isn't it? I'd rather they wrote about me than some other dick. I'm interesting."

    NME, July 1997

35. "I am the most spiritual person in the world. I have feelings no-one else has."

    GQ, February 1998

36. "I stopped believing in God because of what happened to me mam. She thought she couldn't get divorced because that meant she couldn't take the body of Christ, which she'd been brought up to believe in."

    The Telegraph, August 1997

    

37. "I've got GCSEs in music and in life and you don't get them from school. You get them from eating your porridge."

    The Telegraph, August 1997

38. "I don't worship John Lennon. I'm just intrigued by his life and how being a good person you can still come across like a c**t."

    The Telegraph, August 1997

39. "American journalists - they’re wankers. They want grungey f**king people. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don’t get it."

    The Telegraph, August 1997

40. "Who the f*** are these people cancelling you, anyway? The cancelling people just speak for the cancelled world, they don't f**king speak for everyone."

    2 Johnnies Podcast May 2022

    

41. "I'd much rather be in a band, all bashing it out together."

    MOJO, April 2022

42. "The best book I ever read was The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, when I was ten. I love the idea of opening a cupboard door, you step inside and there's a lion and you're being chased through the snow."

    GQ, February 1998

43. "I don't want to be a pop star. The thought of that makes me want to jump off a f**king roof."

    MOJO, May 2022

44. "I’ve not drank booze on stage since that famous Wembley gig..."

    Radio X, March 2022

    

45. "F**k them little sp*nkbubbles I’ve seen better dressed ROADIES"

    Liam Gallagher on Fontaines D.C. after the band said they weren't bothered about the Oasis reunion, X/Twitter, September 2024

    Fuck them little spunkbubbles I’ve seen better dressed ROADIES

    — Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) September 12, 2024

46. "I don't think we were a Britpop band, we were just Oasis."

    Filter, April 2005

47. "Not being loved and not being able to love. That's my biggest fear."

    Q magazine, May 2020

    

48. "I don't hate anything. I've got lots of love. I love my children. I love life. I love getting up in the morning. I love going out at night. I'm surrounded by great things."

    Filter, April 2005

49. "Without [my] voice [Noel] would still be ironing Clint Boon's knickers."

    Twitter September 2020

50. "If you like The Beatles, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd or Neil Young- that's it. You're away. You don't need to listen to anything else ever."

    Q magazine, May 2002