Sunday, November 26, 2017

"Songs, Melodies, Attitude, and a Kind of Irreverence"

"The Gallaghers' mother, Peggy, worked in a school and a biscuit factory. Their father, who left when Noel was a teenager, was alcoholic and abusive. Noel has said his father effectively beat the talent into him ('A good line, that one, isn't it? Yeah').
"'What'd you mean?' Mason asked.
"'It gave me the drive to make something of myself. I think I definitely withdrew into myself, into my own world, as a reaction to that. And the guitar, that thing, became my world, you know what I mean? I've never written a song about it, right? Which is fascinating.'
"'Why do you think that is?'
"'I don't know! Well, I've never been to see a therapist. Until today!'"

Anthony Mason on CBS Sunday Morning interviews Noel Gallagher.

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