Noel bei den Brit Awards 2007, anlässlich der Entgegennahme des – boah! – „Outstandig Contribution Awards“:
“The reason Oasis are accepting the BRITs Outstanding Contribution Award,” says Noel Gallagher, “is that I want to do it before I go bald. Simple as that.”
“My argument was, I’d like to do it before I’m 40,” says Noel. “I’m going to go there and still be young enough to legitimately wear a black leather jacket. Whereas there’s always the chance you could go there and look like one of Pink Floyd.“
Danach äusserte er sich über seine wilden Jahre – und warum er sich gemässigt hat:
“My madness lasted five years, and that’s great, brilliant. But you have to know when to stop,” Noel shrugs. “Either when your bank manager says you’re bankrupt, or when you’re in rehab, or when you’re in hospital with your liver beside you in a glass box.”
Und am Ende noch eine Liebeserklärung an Liam:
“Most singers are idiots, you know. I wouldn’t be in a band with anyone else.”
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