9 Quotes by Nicky Wire

I think solitude is a really positive thing. I cherish solitude immensely. In today’s society, there’s so much pressure to communicate, eat out, be friends with people. Why can’t you read a book on your own? Why have you got to have a book club?

Our angst springs from coming from South Wales. It's a longing encapsulated in the Welsh word "hireath". The Irish can usually see the better side of things, they have a sense of wonder. The Welsh don't. We think everything is going to turn out shit.

Most of the songs were based round the theme of lost innocence and as that's precisely what we were experiencing at the time, we tended to look inwards rather than outwards.

The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.

I do consider myself to be something of a pretentious wanker.

A blank page of paper and a pen is the greatest invention its so exciting to be confronted by possibility.

If literature or music can make you think or become aware, then it’s done something. That’s what we’ve always wanted to do, just ignite sparks in people’s minds. We can’t offer a manifesto of how to make your life better.

We all decided that from the start, me and Richey can’t write music but we can write lyrics and look pretty tarty.

Most of the songs were based round the theme of lost innocence and as that’s precisely what we were experiencing at the time, we tended to look inwards rather than outwards.