Liam Gallagher Quotes

I don't really feel part of the pop scene.

I certainly wasn't a fan of Thatcher's politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

I see myself in competition with Blur and Oasis. But everyone else just sees me as this guy with a history.

I get noticed for different things I've done in different areas of town. If I'm in a rock club, it'll be Skid Row, if I'm in a mall it's the 'Gilmore Girls.'

People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.

I think there was a lot competition in the rock scene.

In my parents' generation, rebellion was pop culture. It's not anymore.

The pop world is cool, but I never really thought of myself as part of it or wanting to be a part of it because I'm on a label that's not really like that. They're not trying to dress me up, they're not trying to do things like that. I feel like I'm sort of separate from that, actually.

I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.

I would like to be like Britney, but maybe better, but I don't wanna outshine her.

Fashion and all that comes after the music.

My guilty pleasure is 'Britain's Next Top Model'.

Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!

These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people.

I was obsessed with the Spice Girls! I always wanted to be Sporty. Or Posh, but I wasn't pretty enough.

I don't really think that there is anyone in the modern pop business who I feel I want to spar with.

It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.

Ziggy Stardust, the Village People, and punk rock really shaped who I am as a person and as a gay man.

I had no boundaries at home, so I had nothing to push against. I only rebelled with clothing when I was 14. I would wear purple Doc Martens and had purple streaks in my hair, dirty jeans, and baggy tops. Very Britpop. Anything that wasn't girly or feminine. My mother hated it.

Geek culture is all about being super passionate about your interests and not afraid to express them, even if your interests are unpopular.

I didn't really want to be in the lifestyle without the music. And I didn't want to be in the music without the lifestyle.

When you go to a club abroad and play against one from your own country, you are part of the enemy.