23 Quotes by Shane MacGowan

I'm not singing for the future I'm not dreaming of the past I'm not talking of the fist time I never think about the last

People are talking about immigration, emigration and the rest of the fucking thing. It's all fucking crap. We're all human beings, we're all mammals, we're all rocks, plants, rivers. Fucking borders are just such a pain in the fucking arse.

Here a tower shining brightOnce stood gleaming in the nightWhere now There's just the rubble in the holefrom "White City

Now you'll sing a song of liberty for blacks and Paks and JocksAnd they'll take you from this dump you're in and stick you in a boxThen they'll take you to Cloughprior and shove you in the groundBut you'll stick your head back out and shout "We'll have another round!

When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself.

I've been here all the time; I could be putting out as many albums as Costello, y'know what I mean?

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.

Petitions are ridiculous.