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Noel Thomas David Gallagher is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. He served as the lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the English 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 younger brother Liam Gallagher had formed a band of his own, known as the Rain, which eventually took on the name Oasis. After Gallagher returned to England, he was invited by his brother to join Oasis as songwriter and guitarist.

Oasis' debut album, Definitely Maybe , marked the beginning of the band's rise to fame as part of the Britpop movement. Oasis' second album, Morning Glory? , reached the top of the album charts in many countries and their third studio album, Be Here Now , became the fastest-selling album in UK chart history. Britpop eventually declined in popularity and Oasis' next two albums failed to revive it. However, the band's final two albums, Don't Believe the Truth and Dig Out Your Soul , were hailed as its best efforts in over a decade and found renewed success. In 2009, following an altercation with Liam, Noel Gallagher announced his departure from Oasis and confirmed he would embark on a solo career. Gallagher would go on to form Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, with whom he has released three studio albums.

Gallagher's run with Oasis was marked by turbulence, especially during the peak of Britpop, during which he was involved in several disputes with Liam, and the brothers' fights and wild lifestyles regularly made headlines in British tabloid newspapers. Gallagher also shared a personal rivalry with fellow Britpop band Blur. However, he was often regarded as the spear-head of the Britpop movement, and at one point of time, NME termed a number of Britpop bands as "Noelrock", citing Gallagher's influence on their success. Many have praised Gallagher's songwriting, with George Martin claiming him to be 'the finest songwriter of his generation'. In 2012, he was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life.Conversely, Gallagher was voted the most overrated guitarist of the last millennium in a 1999 poll of fellow players, and the ninth-most overrated ever in a 2002 listener survey – he cited the former as the award he most enjoyed receiving.

✵ 29. May 1967
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Famous Noel Gallagher Quotes

“Maybe you're the same as me / We see things they'll never see / You and I are gonna live forever.”

Noel Gallagher

Live Forever
Definitely Maybe (1994)

“You know that feeling you get / You feel you're older than time?
Do you keep the receipts for the friends that you buy?
And I hope you know / That it won't let go / It sticks around with you until the day you die.
I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside.”

Noel Gallagher

Where Did It All Go Wrong?
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)

“I was looking for some action / but all I found was cigarettes and alcohol
Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?
You might as well do the white line”

Noel Gallagher

Cigarettes and Alcohol
Definitely Maybe (1994)

“These could be the best days of our lives / but I don't think we've been living very wise.”

Noel Gallagher

Digsy's Dinner
Definitely Maybe (1994)

“Day by day there's a man in a suit / Who's gonna make you pay
For the thoughts that you think and the words / They won't let you say
I don't believe in magic / Life is automatic
And I don't mind being on my own.”

Noel Gallagher

Listen Up, 1995
B-sides released by Oasis

“I still don't know what I was waiting for / A big love to fall down from the sky
Heaven must have sent you / To save me from the rapture”

Noel Gallagher

Waiting for the Rapture
Dig Out Your Soul (2008)

Noel Gallagher Quotes about the trip

“You've got to say what you say / Don't let anybody get in your way”

Noel Gallagher

Roll With It
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

“Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday / I've got a lot of things to learn
What's the matter with you? / Sing me something new
The cold and wind and rain don't know / They only seem to come, and go away
Stand by me / Nobody knows the way it's going to be
There is one thing I can never give you / My heart will never be your home”

Noel Gallagher

Stand By Me
Be Here Now (1997)

“I hate the way that you are so sarcastic, and you're not very bright. You think that everything you've done's fantastic, your music's shite it keeps me up all night.
And it will be nice to be alone, for a week or two, but I know then I will be right, right back here with you”

Noel Gallagher

Married With Children
Definitely Maybe (1994)

“Suddenly I found that I'd lost my way in this city / The streets and the thousands of faces all bleed into one
I'm having trouble just finding some soul in this town
It's all they can do to be part of the queue
'There'll be no tomorrow' they say / Well I say 'More's the pity”

Noel Gallagher

Part of the Queue
Don't Believe the Truth (2005)

“Take the time to make some sense / Of what you want to say / And cast your words away upon the waves
Dance if you wanna dance, please brother take a chance / You know we're gonna go which way we wanna go / All we know is that we don't know how it's gonna be, please brother let it be / Life, on the other hand, won't make you understand / We're all part of the masterplan.
I'm not saying right is wrong / It's up to us to make the best of all the things that come our way”

Noel Gallagher

The Masterplan, released 30 October 1995
B-sides released by Oasis

“Why you scared? / You'll never change what's been and done
All of the stars / Have faded away / Just try not to worry / You'll see them someday / Take what you need / And be on your way / And stop crying your heart out”

Noel Gallagher

Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Heathen Chemistry (2002)

Noel Gallagher Quotes about feelings

“Thank you for the sun / The one that shines on everyone / Who feels love.”

Noel Gallagher

Who Feels Love
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)

“The future's mine and it's no disgrace, cos in the end the past means nothing.
I feel a little down today, and I ain't got much to say
And if I stumble, catch me when I fall / 'Cause, baby, after all / You'll never forget my name.”

Noel Gallagher

I Hope, I Think, I Know
Be Here Now (1997)

“My body feels young but my mind is very old
So what do you say / You can't give me the dreams that are mine anyway / You're half the world away
I've been lost, I've been found / But I don't feel down”

Noel Gallagher

Half the World Away, 18 December 1994
B-sides released by Oasis

“And I want to be there when you're coming down / And I want to be there when you hit the ground
Don't go away / Say what you say / Say that you'll stay… because I need more time just to make things right
Damn my education / I can't find the words to say
Me and you, what's going on?/All we seem to know/Is how to show, the feelings that are wrong”

Noel Gallagher

Don't Go Away
Be Here Now (1997)

“I've waited for a thousand years / For you to come and blow me out my mind
The world around us makes me feel so small
If you can't hear me call / Then I can't say, Lyla / Heaven help you catch me if I fall”

Noel Gallagher

Lyla
Don't Believe the Truth (2005)

“I'm over my heart's desire / I feel cold, but I'm back in the fire
Love is a litany / A magical mystery / And all in good time”

Noel Gallagher

The Shock of the Lightning
Dig Out Your Soul (2008)

Noel Gallagher: Trending quotes

“It's a bit early in the midnight hour for me / To go through all the things that I want to be
Take me away / 'Cos I just don't want to stay / And the lies you make me say / Are getting deeper every day
If you're lost at sea / Well I hope that you drownd"
Please don't cry / Never say die”

Noel Gallagher

All Around The World
Be Here Now (1997)

Hope , Cry , Sea

“You're the outcast / You're the underclass / But you don't care / Because you're living fast
You're the uninvited guest that stays to the end.
I'll be scraping your life from the sole of my shoe tonight" Bring It On Down”

Noel Gallagher

Definitely Maybe (1994)

Life , Shoe

“All your dreams are made of strawberry lemonade / And you make sure I eat today”

Noel Gallagher

Talk Tonight, released 24 April 1995
B-sides released by Oasis

Dreams

Noel Gallagher Quotes

“I met my maker / I made him cry / And on my shoulder / He asked me why / His people won't fly / Through the storm / I said listen up man, they don't even know you're born
All my people / Right here, right now / D'you know what I mean?
Coming in a mess / Going out in style / I ain't good looking / But I'm someone's child
No one can give me the air that's mine to breathe”

Noel Gallagher

D'You Know What I Mean
Be Here Now (1997)

People , Cry , Flying

“I'll have my way, in my own time / I'll have my say, my star will shine.”

Noel Gallagher

Magic Pie
Be Here Now (1997)

Way , Star , Time

“We live a dying dream / If you know what I mean”

Noel Gallagher

Falling Down
Dig Out Your Soul (2008)

Dreams

“Slip inside the eye of your mind / don't you know you might find / A better place to play
So I'll start a revolution from my bed / Because you said the brains I had went to my head.
Please don't put you're life in the hands / Of a rock 'n' roll band / Who'll throw it all away”

Noel Gallagher

Don't Look Back In Anger
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Life

“Is anyone here prepared to say / Just what they mean or is it too late / For anyone here to try to do / Just what it takes to get through to you
Let's all make believe / That we're still friends and we like each other
Let's all make believe / That in the end we're gonna need each other
Strangle my hope and make me pray / To a God I've never seen but who I betray”

Noel Gallagher

Let's All Make Believe, 7 February 2000
B-sides released by Oasis

God , Hope

“Here's a thought for every man who's tried to understand what's in his hands
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say / Chained to all the places that he never wished to stay / As he faced the sun, he cast no shadow.
As they took his soul they stole his pride”

Noel Gallagher

Cast No Shadow
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Soul , Understanding , Sun

“Maybe the songs that we sing are wrong / Maybe the dreams that we dream are gone / So bring it on home and it won't be long / It's gettin' better man!”

Noel Gallagher

It's Getting Better (Man!
Be Here Now (1997)

Dreams , Home , Singing

“All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade”

Noel Gallagher

Morning Glory
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Dreams

“Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings / Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings / When ordinary people who are like you and me / Are the builders of their destiny.”

Noel Gallagher

Go Let It Out
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)

People

“Round this town you've ceased to be / That's what you get for sleeping with the enemy
Guess who's gonna take the blame for my big mouth
Into my big mouth / You could fly a plane”

Noel Gallagher

My Big Mouth
Be Here Now (1997)

Sleep , Flying

“I live my life in the city / There's no easy way out / The day's moving just too fast for me"
I live my life for the stars that shine/People say it's just a waste of time.
In my mind my dreams are real
You're not down with who I am / look at you now, you're all in my hands tonight"”

Noel Gallagher

Rock'n'Roll Star
Definitely Maybe (1994)

Life , People , Dreams , Way

“What tongueless ghost of sin crept through my curtains?.
My family don't seem so familiar / And my enemies all know my name.
You better get on your knees and pray / Panic is on the way
My eyes are dead / My throat's like a black hole / And if there's a God / Would he give another chancer / An hour to sing for his soul?”

Noel Gallagher

Gas Panic
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)

God , Family , Way , Soul

“Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up”

Noel Gallagher

Bag it Up
Dig Out Your Soul (2008)

“Would you maybe / Come dancing with me / 'Cos to me it doesn't matter if your hopes and dreams are shattered”

Noel Gallagher

The Girl In The Dirty Shirt
Be Here Now (1997)

Dreams , Hope , Dance

“My girlfriend called me the other night / She said 'Boy, you lazy
I don't mind / As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine / I'll be fine
I can't get a life if my heart's not in it
I lost my faith in the summertime / 'Cos it don't stop raining
I begged my doctor for one more line / He said 'son, words fail me / It ain't your place to be killing time' / I guess I'm just lazy”

Noel Gallagher

The Importance of Being Idle
Don't Believe the Truth (2005)

Life , Faith , Star , Boy

“When I was young I though I had my own key / I knew exactly what I wanted to be / Now I'm sure / You've boarded up every door
While we're living / The dreams we had as children fade away”

Noel Gallagher

Fade Away from the The Help Album, 1995
B-sides released by Oasis

Children , Dreams

“There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years. Rock musicians over 30 only produce unimportant material.”

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher cited in ‘Sir Paul has just written manure for years’ http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/sir-paul-has-just-written-manure-for-years-1-611044 at scotsman.com, originally published 2 July 2002 (see here http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/sir-paul-has-just-written-manure-for-years-1-611044)
Controversy with other artists

Time , Past

“If there were gold medals for taking drugs for England then I’d have won a shitload! I did enjoy it but it kind of got to the point where I’d done them all and that was it, there was none left and I just thought 'Can’t be arsed any more.”

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher cited in " Gallagher speaks about drug experiences http://www.digitalspy.com/article/ds39948.html" at digitalspy.com, 25 November 2006
Controversy with other artists

“I dream of you / And all the things you say / I wonder where you are now
I need you now / You've knocked me off my feet
We talk of going old / But you say "Please don't
Let me be the one / Who shines with you / In the morning / We don't know what to do"”

Noel Gallagher

Slide Away
Definitely Maybe (1994)

Dreams

“Kylie Minogue is just a demonic little idiot as far as I'm concerned. She gets cool dance producers to work with her for some bizarre reason, I don't know why. She doesn't even have a good name. It's a stupid name, Kylie, I just don't get it”

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher cited in " Kylie 'demonic', says Oasis star http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2070390.stm", at news.bbc.co.uk, 27 June, 2002
Controversy with other artists

Stupidity , Dance

“You look like a faded picture / I see the cracks forming on your skin
For smoking all my stash / For burning all my cash.. It's all over town that the sun's / Going down on the days / Of your easy life”

Noel Gallagher

Force of Nature
Heathen Chemistry (2002)

Life , Sun

“I need to be myself / I can't be no-one else
"You can have it all but how much do you want it?"”

Noel Gallagher

Supersonic
Definitely Maybe (1994)

“You get your mucky fingers burnt / You get your truth from the lies that you've learnt
Fed up with life in the city / 'Cos all the phonies have blown my mind
It's all mine!”

Noel Gallagher

Mucky Fingers
Don't Believe the Truth (2005)

Life , Truth

“She's got a sister / God only knows how I missed her / And on the palm of her hand is a blister
She's got a brother / We don't get on with one another / But I quite fancy her mother / And I think that she likes me
She's got one in the oven / But it's nothing to do with me”

Noel Gallagher

She's Electric
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

God , Thinking , Sister

“Some might say that sunshine follows thunder / Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine / Some might say that we should never ponder / On our thoughts today 'cos they hold sway over time
Some might say / We will find a brighter day
Some might say they don't believe in heaven / Go and tell it to the man who lives in hell”

Noel Gallagher

Some Might Say
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Hell , Time

“How many special people change? / How many lives are living strange? / Where were you while we were getting high?
People believe that they're gonna get away for the summer/ But you and I/ We live and die/ The world still spins around we don't know why.
Someday you will find me, caught beneath the landslide / In a champagne supernova in the sky.”

Noel Gallagher

Champagne Supernova
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

People , World , Change , Summer

“I don't know, I think he's just going senile, isn't he?”

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher cited in ‘Sir Paul has just written manure for years’ http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/sir-paul-has-just-written-manure-for-years-1-611044 at scotsman.com, 2 July 2002: Gallagher was asked about Paul McCartney’s recent work in another interview.
Controversy with other artists

Thinking

“I took a walk with my fame down memory lane / I never did find my way back"
Feel no shame / 'coz time's no chain"”

Noel Gallagher

Hey Now
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Way , Feeling , Memory , Time

“We need each other / We believe in one another / And I know we're gonna uncover / What's sleeping in our souls”

Noel Gallagher

Acquiesce, released 24 April 1995
B-sides released by Oasis

Soul , Sleep

“God gave me a soul / And your rock 'n' roll
In and out my brain / And running through my vein / You're my sunshine / You're my rain”

Noel Gallagher

The Hindu Times
Heathen Chemistry (2002)

God , Soul

“He's now trying to make social comment, this is the guy who hid who he actually was from the public for 20 years. Now, all of a sudden, he's got something to say about the way of the world. I find it laughable. That's even before you get to the song, which is diabolical.”

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher cited in " Gallagher attacks 'liar' Michael http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2115582.stm" at news.bbc.co.uk, 8 July 2002. Remarks on George Michael's song "Shoot the Dog."
Controversy with other artists

World , Way , Guy

“Another reason to vote Labour is if you ******g don't and the Conservatives get in, Phil Collins is threatening to come back and live here, and let's face it none of us want that.”

Noel Gallagher

Controversy with other artists
Source: Noel Gets Political, Manchester Evening News, 30 June 2005, 28 January 2018 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/noel-gets-political-1065026,

“We dream our dream alone with no resistance / Fading like the stars we wish to be
True perfection has to be imperfect
My God woke up on the wrong side of his bed
Little by little / We gave you everything you ever dreamed of / And little by little / the wheels of your life have slowly fallen off”

Noel Gallagher

Little by Little
Heathen Chemistry (2002)

Life , God , Dreams , Star

“There we were / Now here we are / All this confusion / Nothing's the same to me
I can't tell you the way I feel / because the way I feel is also new to me”

Noel Gallagher

Columbia
Definitely Maybe (1994)

Way , Feeling

“I don't believe that anybody / Feels the way I do / About you now
All the roads that lead you there are winding / And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you / But I don't know how.
Maybe / You're gonna be the one that saves me”

Noel Gallagher

Wonderwall
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Way , Feeling , Light

“I haven't seen your face around since I was a kid / It's bringing back the memories of the things that we did”

Noel Gallagher

D'Yer Wanna Be A Spaceman?, 1994
B-sides released by Oasis

Memory

“I hate that Alex and Damon. I hope they catch AIDS and die.”

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher cited in " Timeline: Blur v Oasis after Britpop http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4151510.stm" at news.bbc.co.uk, 14 August, 1995: Referring to Damon Albarn and Blur
Controversy with other artists

Hate , Hope

“Tell me how high / Do you think you'll go / Before you start falling?"
The people here / They don't hear you calling
How does it feel / When you're inside me?"”

Noel Gallagher

Up In The Sky
Definitely Maybe (1994)

People , Feeling , Thinking

“When yer lonely and you start to hear/The little voices in your head at night/You will only sniff away the tears/So you can dance until the mornings light
And in your head, do you feel what your not supposed to feel?
You need more time / 'Cos your thoughts and words won't last forevermore”

Noel Gallagher

Sunday Morning Call
Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)

Feeling , Tear , Light , Time

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