Al Gallagher Quotes

Not everyone can say, 'I'm going to write a classic today.' If that was the case, we'd all be doing it.

New York is my favorite city in the world.

Optimism is America's birthright.... There is no social problem Americans dare not attack. No problem, that is, except one: about marriage, and marriage alone, we despair.

There's a big difference between sanity and insanity.

I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now.

And generally the shows I'm in fail really big.

I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old.

Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders.

I just think Radiohead are f-in' miserable bastards.

I have to be myself, I can't be no one else.

Don't lay a finger on me eyebrows or I'll sue you f...

Phil Collins sold five times as many records as I did. Does that make him nearly as influential as I am? Nope.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.

I'm going to get drunk and insult as many musicians from the 80's as is humanly possible.

All i would like to say is that I'm rich and you're not.

My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?'

I like being famous. It can be a bit of a pain but you get free food in restaurants and people send you clothes.

You'll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn't bother me.

When I'm doing music and I'm on the road, I love it. But once I'm home, it's very difficult to go back out on the road.

I don't mind One Direction. They're harmless, aren't they?

I envy drummers. It must be the ultimate to sing and play drums at the same time. Phil Collins, no wonder he's so f... happy.

For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion.

I hate Mourinho. He's a fool.

The fate of the African continent does not f-ing depend on a load of f-ing musicians in Hyde Park singing f-ing s-t songs to kids.

Just because you sell lots of records it doesn't mean to say you're any good. Look at Phil Collins.

I've got my own style on the guitar, sure, and I play rhythm in a certain way, and I use certain inflections. People have said that to me, and I understand it.

I've never understood musicians who don't enjoy doing promotional interviews. I just can't believe it. I always think, 'Your life must have been so brilliant before you were in a band.'

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 getting better man!

There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars.

It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing guitar and writing words

I don't like John Terry and I never have. He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby. He's also a Cockney.

The thing about us is we're honest. If we're asked whether we take drugs, we say yes. I was brought up by my mom not to be a liar.

They should be shot. (on the Backstreet Boys)

I don't think we live in those times when great art comes out of great adversity.

I've got a fleet of cars and I've never had a driving license, ever.

It's nice when you can tell stories that brush up against the world we live in.

Unless you're one of the five billionaires out there who don't have to worry about anything, every aspect of everything is stressful, no matter what your job is.

We're human, so you're never happy with what you have.

You can only be stupid when you're young.

I was probably 11 by the time I saw a movie.

I am not simply teaching the reading I am teaching the reader.

What do we mean when we say our school 'values' reading?

He's like a man with a fork, in a world of soup. (about his brother Liam)

Xander Harris: "Just when you think you know a guy he robs a mass grave and takes off.

(on learning Westlife had beaten Oasis, U2 and The Beatles in an album chart battle in November 2006): There is no God.

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.

It takes great courage to open one's heart and mind to the tremendous injustice and suffering in our world.

There are as many life missions as there are people. We are all unique. We are all important.

Prolonged stress causes the human body to make adaptations so it can continue to serve you at a functional level. The more stress, the more adaptations.

There is no such thing as isolated stress. Stress is always system wide.