The whole thing about Barcelona was based around a real fucking snidey insult that he said to me in the dressing room, which I still haven`t forgiven him for and never fucking will do, and he knows that, and it`s never been the same since. (on a comment Liam made about his daughter being his child in Barcelona, 2000)

Oh is it? Is that what he said? For six months, I thought the song was `Guess God Thinks I`m A-b-l-e`. I`m very fucking confused as to what it means, but if he`s writing songs about me then great. It`s fucking better than writing songs about the missus.

"[Producer Dave Sardy] was also better at massaging Liam`s ego, getting the right performance. Every time I say to Liam, `You might want to back off on that,` the words he hears in his head are, `Your two sons are lesbian Nazis.`"

I`m not sure about this Live 8 thing. Correct me if I am wrong, but are they hoping that one of these guys from the G8 is on a quick 15-minute break at Gleneagles and sees Annie Lennox singing `Sweet Dreams` and thinks, `Fuck me, she might have a point there, you know.` It`s not going to fucking happen, is it? Keane doing `Somewhere Only We Know` and some Japanese businessman going: `Aw, look at him ... we should really fucking` drop that debt, you know.` It`s not going to happen, is it?

With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I`d been born at the same time as John Lennon, I`d have been up there.

I`ve always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don`t look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John.

If I were in the Beatles, I`d be a good George Harrison.

I fucking despise hip hop. Loathe it. Eminem is a fucking idiot and I find 50 Cent the most distasteful character I have ever crossed in my life. It`s so negative. Eminem`s new song about his kid - isn`t it the most ridiculous piece of music you have ever heard in your life? I just don`t like the dragging women around on dog leads and all that stuff. I`m not fucking having that. I`m not saying they`re directly responsible but that`s how you end up with these fucking` gangs of youths with hoods stabbing people. I`m not saying they need to sit around listening to `All You Need is Love`. But kids are so fucking` thick these days that they are very easily influenced, aren`t they?

Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I`ve been to a lot of shows in me life, some good and some bad. But I was never moved to take off me shoes and throw it at the lead singer.

I`m a happy-go-lucky character. I`m not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

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 mam not to be a liar.

We`re not arrogant, we just believe we`re the best band in the world.

The boy bands of the day such as Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran could all play their instruments. It`s so far removed from the bands of today like Westlife and Boyzone, who are utter shit. I am not a fan of Duran Duran or Spandau Ballet, but now there is pop music and alternative music and there is nothing in between the two.

The scumbags are taking over the streets. I don`t know what David Cameron and Gordon Brown are going to do about it. It all goes back to the Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher) years. It sounds like a cliché but that`s when the rot set in.

(on London`s O2 Arena) Any gig you can get to by boat that hasn`t got a beach is wrong.

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.

I don`t get the Britney (Britney Spears) thing. I certainly don`t get the *NSYNC, the Robbie Williams or the Gorillaz thing. There`s a lot of things I don`t get.

I`ll do one eventually as life`s too short and none of us is getting any younger. I`d like to make one while I still look good and before I look like Phil Collins, which, eventually, I will. (On recording a solo album)

I was playing guitar before I heard The Beatles, but as I got older and listened to their tunes I realised they were amazing. They inspire me more now than they did when I was a kid and are still the greatest.

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

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

"Liam knows a version of that, It`s called Me and Me." (remarking about the old kids TV show "You and Me" (1974).)

Cat Deeley bands, that`s what The Flaming Lips and The Darkness are. But nothing against Cat Deeley, I`m sure she`s a very nice girl.

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

Once I got sort of quite good then it was `sit down, take a deep breath and attempt to copy the Beatles`, which is very difficult, although I have to say I`ve mastered it to a tee.

We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter.

You pick up your guitar, you rip a few people`s tunes off, you swap them around a bit, get your brother in the band, punch his head in every now and then, and it sells.

Politics is like football for me. Labour is my team and even if you don`t like a striker you don`t give up supporting the whole team.

There was a big hole in my life after the Jam split up and then came the Smiths. They were just so different from anything else. And they had great songs!

I`m proud of my Irish background. That`s where I get my sense of humour from.

I wasn`t put on this earth to amass money or personal wealth. I was put on this earth to play guitar and write songs.

Just because you sell lots of records it doesn`t mean to say you`re any good. Look at Phil Collins.

Actually, me and Our Kid [aka Liam Gallagher] are just using this band as a stepping stone for our double act on the "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) as comedians, cheers!