- [Interviewer] Take it easy, play it cool.
He's just a rock star, no big deal.
Liam Gallagher!
I am so happy to be asking you 73 questions.
I've waited for this for a long time.
Let's get into this.
So, how are you these days?
- I'm good, very good.
- [Interviewer] All right, what's currently on your mind?
- Ooh, Manchester City.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, you're a City supporter.
I'm glad we're doing this in Hampstead Heath.
It's a change of scenery for the series.
You run here a lot, right?
- Yeah, I haven't run on there for a bit, though,
'cause I've been tourin'.
But yeah, I like to run on here when I can.
- [Interviewer] Do you run for distance or for speed?
- Distance.
- [Interviewer] If you couldn't be Liam Gallagher,
who would you want to be?
- John Lennon.
- [Interviewer] Out of every film that you've ever seen
in your entire life, what's your favorite?
- Quadrophenia.
- [Interviewer] Do you have any irrational fears,
like snakes, airplanes, clowns, that type of thing?
- Mice.
- [Interviewer] What's the best present
anyone ever gave you?
- My brother brought me a John Lennon necklace
that he wore when he met the maharishi.
And that was the last nicest thing he ever done for me.
- [Interviewer] Do you have any kind of motto
or mantra that you live by?
- Live in the now.
Forget, you know, don't worry about tomorrow.
- [Interviewer] Okay, what's a topic
you could spend hours upon hours talking to me about?
- Ooh, the Beatles.
- [Interviewer] If I found you at a pub,
what would you be drinking?
- All of 'em, I like 'em all, lager, Guinness.
- [Interviewer] And how do you prepare your tea?
- I like it with milk, no sugar.
- [Interviewer] What would you say is your spirit animal?
- Dolphin.
- [Interviewer] Now, you weren't always into music,
but how did it bloom for you?
- I got into music when I was about 18.
I know there's a lot of people that get in it
when they're two and that,
but I was into football until I was like 18,
so I was a latecomer.
- [Interviewer] Now, what are your favorite lyrics
of any song ever?
- I need to be myself, I can't be no one else.
Feeling supersonic, give me gin and tonic.
- [Interviewer] Now, can you rank your favorite
Beatles records from least to most favorite?
- No, I can't, I love 'em all.
- [Interviewer] What are your top five favorite Oasis songs?
- "Live Forever," "Supersonic," "Cast No Shadow"--
- [Interviewer] Good ones so far.
- What else is there?
We need one more, don't I?
- [Interviewer] One more is fine.
- "Wonderwall."
- [Interviewer] All right, there you go.
Now, a couple years back,
you said you own 2,000 tambourines.
Do you still-- - Oh, did I?
Did I say that? - Yeah, you did!
- Nah, nah, nah-- - Pretty sure you did.
- No, I don't own 2,000 tambourines.
Not anymore. 'Cause I said I'm givin' 'em away
and that sort of beautiful people.
- [Interviewer] Where did that rumor come from?
- I don't know.
- [Interviewer] All right.
Now, if you could form a supergroup with anybody
from the history of music and you're the singer,
who else is in the band?
- Right, Keith Moon on drums,
Jimi Hendrix on guitar,
and Paul McCartney on bass.
- [Interviewer] What audience do you wanna play?
- Pardon?
- [Interviewer] What audience would you play?
- What audience I would I play?
- [Interviewer] Yeah, what venue?
- Ooh, I thought, Main Road.
No, not Main Road, 'cause it's not right there.
Anywhere, anywhere that will have us.
- [Interviewer] Liam, what would you say
is the single hardest part of the rock and roll lifestyle?
- The hardest part is staying true to yourself
and keepin' it real.
- [Interviewer] Right.
Is there anyone today you'd say is a true, living rock star?
- Me.
- [Interviewer] Wasn't expecting anything less.
- Exactly.
- [Interviewer] And of these living rock stars,
who got old and stayed cool?
- Neil Young.
- [Interviewer] How do you think
you've changed rock and roll?
- How do I think I've changed rock and roll?
I just do exactly what it says on the tin.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, but you would say
that rock and roll still exists?
- Yeah, it does while I'm still here.
- [Interviewer] What do you like
and dislike about music today?
- What I do like, dislike--
No, I like music, man.
I don't dislike.
I don't dislike it.
- [Interviewer] What's your favorite part
of performing on stage?
- Favorite part of performing on a stage
is seein' the people and makin' 'em bounce.
- [Interviewer] And when you're standing on stage,
you have such an iconic stance.
How did that come about?
- Well, I never wanted to be Mick Jagger,
and I'm not into dancin'.
It's not my scene, and that,
so, I just think, you know,
you just stand like that
and you get a bit more power behind it,
behind the vocals.
- [Interviewer] What's the most underrated band of the '90s?
- Oasis.
- [Interviewer] How about the most overrated band?
- Blur.
- [Interviewer] What your favorite thing about the '90s?
- Oh, the favorite part of the '90s,
I reckon it was no camera phones
and people were just livin' in the moment.
- [Interviewer] Do you miss that?
- Yeah.
- [Interviewer] What was your least favorite thing
about the '90s?
- The least favorite thing about the '90s.
I don't have a least favorite thing about the '90s,
the '90s were beautiful.
- [Interviewer] All right, can't have this interview
without asking, what's the best party
you've ever been to in your life?
- Best party I've ever been to.
- [Interviewer] Oh, you've seen some parties.
- I can't, I can't really think of the best one.
Yeah, there've been quite a few in that, right?
- [Interviewer] There's gotta be one, right?
- There has, I guess, but I can't think of one
off the top of my head.
- [Interviewer] That's okay.
But do you have any hangover remedies?
- Right, oh, straight back to the pub.
No messin' about, lager.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, hair of the dog.
- Don't sit and dwell about it on hangovers,
just go straight back again
and it'll just work itself out.
- [Interviewer] It's been a few years since the '90s,
things are different.
What's a wild night out for you these days?
- Oh, I don't have wild nights out these days,
I have wild nights in.
- [Interviewer] If you were forced to sing one song
for the rest of your life, what song would it be?
- "Live Forever."
- [Interviewer] What would you say is the best lesson
that your mother taught you?
- To be myself and not give a [bleep] what people think.
- [Interviewer] What's the biggest lesson
that you've learned from being a father?
- Being a father--
Ooh, ooh, I don't know about that,
I don't know, I'm sure, yeah.
- [Interviewer] Can you tell me something
that your kids do better than you?
- Digest their food better than me.
- [Interviewer] Now, there's been a resurgence
in Oasis fans over the past few years.
What's it been like to see a new generation
discovering your music for the first time?
- Yeah, no, it's amazing, we're lucky to be alive
and still witnessing the youth at our gigs.
Right, there's a lot of people that pass away
and they never get to experience that.
- [Interviewer] In the 18 years that Oasis were together,
what specific moment makes you the most emotional?
- I just think gettin' a record deal, you know,
as boring as that kinda can sound,
and like we've done like Knebworth and Main Road
and all that, I think gettin' a record deal
and goin' into the studio and developing the songs,
and that was the most important thing for me.
- [Interviewer] Yeah, for sure.
What's your guilty pleasure?
- Ooh.
Guilty pleasure.
Blur.
- [Interviewer] Has anyone ever left you
feeling completely starstruck?
- Yeah, Ringo Starr.
- [Interviewer] Ringo?
I could see that.
Seems like a pretty good guy to hang out with, right?
- Yeah, he's a dude.
He's my favorite.
- [Interviewer] When you're getting ready for a show,
what's your pre-stage ritual?
- Pre-stage ritual.
I drink a lot of honey, lemon and apple cider vinegar.
- [Interviewer] That actually sounds pleasant.
- Liam, heads up!
- [Interviewer] Obvious fan placement!
- Come on!
- [Interviewer] What a wonderful display of footwork.
- Nice.
- [Interviewer] Who is the most rock and roll player
at Manchester City and why?
- Well, it used to be Mike Somerby in the '60s
and the '70s, 'cause he used to,
he never wore shin pads and that,
he rolled his socks down and he got stuck in.
But these days, who would I say it is now?
But maybe Sergio Aguero.
- [Interviewer] All right, who'd you like to see
relegated from the Premier League?
- United, Manchester United.
- [Interviewer] Okay.
Who'd you rather be stuck on a deserted island with,
Mohamed Salah or Alexis Sanchez?
- Who?
- [Interviewer] Mohamed Salah or Alexis Sanchez?
- Oh God.
Alexis Sanchez.
- [Interviewer] Now, I heard that Danny Boyle
just found someone to play you in a movie.
Who's someone that you would have not minded to play you?
- Who I do not mind playin' me?
- [Interviewer] Yep.
- I'm easy, man. I've only got the haircut, right?
And the, you know, chat and that.
I'm cool with anyone.
- [Interviewer] Bigger question, who do you think
should play Noel in the movie?
- Oh, the little fella out of Ant & Dec.
Is it Dec?
- [Interviewer] Yeah, that's Dec.
Is there a topic you wish people
would stop asking you about?
- Yeah, are you hot in that parka?
Yeah, I am hot in it, shit hot.
- [Interviewer] Oh, we got some dogs.
Liam, would you consider yourself a dog person?
- I am, yeah.
- [Interviewer] What rules do you try to follow
the best you can to keep everything in check?
- Just, my voice, when it tells me to go to bed,
it's very, it's loud, and that, like,
years ago, it used to very quiet.
I know when I go to bed these days.
- [Interviewer] Right, how'd you describe
your personal style?
- Big and baggy and authentic.
- [Interviewer] How do you think it's evolved
over the past few decades?
- It hasn't evolved, it's still the same, keepin' it real.
- [Interviewer] Who was or is your style icon?
- George Allison was cool, Paul Weller is cool,
The Stone Roses is always dressed cool.
And the Happy Mondays.
- [Interviewer] What's a wardrobe staple
every man should own?
- A parka, without a doubt.
- [Interviewer] You've had a lot of experiences
in your life, what would you say
is the most incredible thing that you've ever seen?
- Manchester City winnin' the league.
- [Interviewer] What's the last show that you binge watched?
- The last what?
- [Interviewer] The last show that you binge watched?
- I watched some of that, I don't know the name of it,
I watched it on Netflix the other day I think
about this some lady who had an affair
with two inmates, can't remember the name.
Find out for ya.
- [Interviewer] Get back to me on that one.
What's your most overused phrase?
- Ooh, overused phrase.
I'm mad for it.
- [Interviewer] If you could resurrect one person
from history and put them in the world today,
who would it be?
- John Lennon.
- [Interviewer] Why?
- Because he's the main man.
- [Interviewer] Liam, can I ask you, what makes you happy?
- What makes me happy?
Early mornings make me happy,
and my children being alive.
- [Interviewer] When was the last time that you cried?
- Oh, the other day.
- [Interviewer] What made you cry?
- I stubbed me toe on a coffee table.
- [Interviewer] Well, looking back on your life,
is there anything that you would have done differently?
- No, never.
Everything happens for a reason.
- [Interviewer] Is there anything you regret saying?
- Mad for it probably about nine million times.
- [Interviewer] How do you handle regret in general?
- I don't regret, I don't regret much.
- [Interviewer] What would you say is your greatest talent?
- Singing.
- [Interviewer] And where do you see yourself
precisely 10 years from now?
- That's, I dunno, man.
- [Interviewer] No?
- Yeah, I dunno.
- [Interviewer] Liam, that's question number 72,
and now for the final question, question number 73.
How do you feel about ending this interview
with some word associations?
- Yeah, why not?
- [Interviewer] Here we go.
Number one, Keanu Reeves.
- Ooh. [chuckles]
Tall, dark, handsome.
- [Interviewer] SpongeBob.
- Legend.
- [Interviewer] Farmer's markets.
- Good for the soul.
- [Interviewer] Skinny jeans.
- Terrible.
- [Interviewer] And this interview.
- Ah, half decent.
- [Interviewer] [laughing] That's a wrap.
- [Liam] It's all right.
- [Interviewer] That's it.
- [Liam] That's great, man.
- [Interviewer] Dude, we did it, we did it.