Al Gallagher Quotes

We shouldn't need riot police at schools.

You don't have to be great to be successful. Look at Phil Collins.

We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter.

I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.

I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it.

America is a really delicate flower that needs a lot of attention.

I have 3 kids and a cat and a busy, noisy house. I get more time to relax when I'm working.

Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.

I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed.

Rock stardom will die because nobody will make enough money any more to be rock stars.

Drugs is like getting up and having a cup of tea in the morning.

I do all the work so it's only right that I should get the most money. Plus I am the most handsome.

Kids and family life are only as good as your wife, and she's amazing.

As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.

America is incredibly professional and corporate.

We live a dying dream, If you know what I mean...

College football today is one of the last great strongholds of genuine old-fashioned American hypocrisy.

When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm going to go down the barber's and get some protection money off him.'

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.'

On staring out at a gloomy day: First you must realize that it is the day that is gloomy, not you. If you want to be gloomy, too, that's all right, but it's not mandatory.

To stay on the map, you've got to keep showing up.

I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny.

In an attempt to amuse my friends and family, I would do impressions of Dean Martin, singing Everybody Loves Somebody. I secretly really enjoyed singing the song.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.

I made my Broadway debut in the revival of Hair and followed it up with the bus and truck tour of Grease.

Around 5th and 6th grade I thought Dean Martin was the coolest guy in the world; he was a great singer, had his own television show and acted in movies.

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

Don't look too far ahead or you'll get overwhelmed. Just do the next apparent thing. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. You'll get through this. And when you do, you'll feel great!

We were raised right in the heart of the Bogside. Everything was so bad at the time that Mammy would bring us to the pantomime, circus, concerts because we were so confined at home.

A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants to struggle with him.

I like radically cutting into the painting, inserting these paper birds, and then trying to figure out how to believe in it.

At times we would have these whole cities that would take up rooms and stretch out all over the house. But they were also very abstract, like 'this piece of cardboard is a pool' and so forth.

Once you get into the groove of things and in the mood you are usually fine; it is before the event that you get nervous and irritable.

I'm a huge fan of John Malkovich and Josh Brolin, and Michael Shannon has got to be one of my favorite actors.

I find words really hard.

Being a lad is what I'm about. I can tell you who isn't a lad - anyone from Blur.

I definitely prefer to be in a band. There's too many solo people, and bands are suffering. There's too many great bands that have split up because somebody's got an ego, and then he goes solo.

I love the Beatles. What more can I say? I'm not gonna lie to you. I love 'em. They make me happy. And I think they were the best, and still are.

Marketers are out there trying to figure out how to get your money out of your child.

I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that never were and never will be.

As for acting, I took drama lessons when I was in high school.

There should be a separate line to scrutinize anybody with the name Abdul or Ahmed or Mohammed.

No matter how much you sit there twiddling, going, 'We're all doomed', at the end of the day people will always want to hear you play Creep. Get over it.

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent.

You can't afford to think about what might have been. You just be aware of what is.

I'm a great songwriter, but I'm not the most talented musician.

Is it worth the aggravation to find yourself a job when there's nothing worth working for?

I don't have the genetic make-up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.