Here we go
Interview begins with the interviewer (didn't get its name, sorry) describing how good it is to leave the hot summer of Madrid to be in the cool London for a few days. Liam then arrives and seems nervous:
"What should I wear? I've got a lot of clothes here. Do you want me to change or with this jacket is alright?"
The interviewer describes a bit of the the scandal with Liza Ghorbani/divorce situation and there's the good old Liam quote that he couldn't stand lawyers anymore and thought about living in Spain for a while, eating
paella and being in the sun for the rest of his life.
The next paragraph is about how Liam managed to make the most out of this and begun the making of As You Were. "Only a year after the debut of
Supersonic, Liam releases, the 6th of October, his first solo album, As You Were, from which we've already heard singles Wall Of Glass and Chinatown". Because of this whole intro thing and not mentioning For What It's Worth I assume this interview was done a few months ago.
Liam: "This is, without a doubt, the most personal I've ever been on a record. Almost the entirety of the album was written by me. I'd say 70%. There's another bunch of songs I've made with Andrew Wyatt". Here the interview mentions the 5 non-Liam penned tunes, but (wrongly, probably) he says all of them were written by Andrew. He only mentions Greg Kurstin as the producer.
Liam: "I'm not really fast when it comes to writing music. It's such a personal process... I always get the feeling I could've been doing it better. It's hard to talk about myself, d'you know what I mean? All that I've put onto this record has to do with my place in the world, my feelings, thoughts I have since I was a kid and these last past years".
The interviewer talks a bit about Beady Eye. Liam: "I don't think I'll ever want to be in a band again, since everything I do within a group will always be compared to Oasis".
"As You Were's cover shows us a black-and-white Liam Gallagher, in a sober picture, taken by creative director Hedi Slimane". "That's just what I wanted", Liam says.
They talk about Liam's maturing with age and he says: "When you get to a certain age... you try to be a bit more responsible. A bit more mature. Now I try to drink less, do less drugs, you know? I'm only drinking twice a week: from Monday to Friday and from Saturday to Sunday! (laughs)"
Then there's a whole page on Liam ranting on Noel collaborating with Damon Albarn, on Liam tweeting, and on Liam singing Live Forever with Chris Martin at the Manchester Love. Nothing really special.
Liam: "I'm fed up with being called a hooligan. I've always found myself to be a good guy, man, as long as they don't touch me balls. I can fuck it up and I can make bad decisions, but that doesn't make me a hooligan".
Then there's Liam talking about Oasis and how he's had a wonderful time with the band but thinks it's enough and they're not coming back, some bits on Oasis' history (how they went from cool Adidas vintage-ish lads to the biggest band in the country, selling 420k copies within the first week with Be Here Now etc)...
Then a bit on the end of Oasis and Liam stating that "will never realize the reason for all that happened that night in 2009, but if you ever find out, please call me and let me know"
Another usual Liam quote about Noel "having the need to be told he's a genius all the time" and how he hates that and doesn't need it himself...
And the interview ends with Liam saying that "right now, there's not a chance me and Noel are getting back together to play music. It would be great to be brothers again, and then see what happens, but for now it just isn't a viable option. We can't stand each other".
"Only time will tell if there will be peace for the Gallagher. For now, all we can say for sure is that we will have Liam - and war - for a while. Rock 'n' roll."
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That's the last quote. Not a great interview for the hardcore fans, really. It seems all of these magazine chats were focused more on explaining who Liam is/was, pointing out the Oasis success and decline, and helping him being relevant again on the scene. Pushing him up. That's nice. I saw an old lady buying a copy too.