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lalaland ZEITmagazin: Mister Gallagher, You are considered the last savage in the British rock business. But you're supposed to be jogging daily and listening to classical music. Bad rumors?
Gallagher: I actually walk every morning because it's good for me. I have been on tour in Asia for a month, where I hardly got up to running because it was just too hot there. That made me realize how much I need the sport. If I have not worked for a long time, I become a neurotic housewife.
45, released two albums with his band Beady Eye after the end of Oasis. His solo album As You Were, which immediately became number one on the charts in the UK, was released recently.
ZEITmagazin: For what, please?
Gallagher: To a neurotic housewife, you heard right. By that I mean that my nerves burn out when I can not even let off steam every day. If I could not walk longer, I slam doors, smash plates, or set fire to something. When I walk, I feel that I can stand the world better. But I have to walk alone, that helps me to organize things in my head. I always start at five in the morning. Although it is mostly still dark at this time, unfortunately I am recognized too often.
ZEITmagazin: How do you recognize?
Gallagher: I have a very special gait and I walk the way I am (jumps up and dances quickly with feet turned outwards and arms bent around the room). So not many run around. But most people who recognize me in the morning just shout, "Liam, are you okay, man?" The people are actually all nice to me.
ZEITmagazin: And you actually hear classical music?
Gallagher: Yes, but only on Sundays. Classical music is also good for my nerves. I do not own any classic CDs, but every Sunday we have a radio station that plays classical music. The whole thing that's going on is kind of cool. This music is like medicine, I can only recommend it to everyone.
ZEITmagazin: They no longer correspond to the cliché of the roaring proll that you have been cultivating for years. Did you arrive in the mid-life crisis?
Gallagher: Now do not exaggerate! I still love the Sex Pistols and I like to drink a few beers in the pub. As wild as before, however, I do not let the puppets dance anymore, that's right. I've changed for the past four years. In the nineties, I did all the party gossip until the very end. But honestly, I never felt comfortable at these events. I rushed in hysterically, made alarm (jumps through the room), let me take pictures like a dork and pushed back again. It looked like fun, but it was not. Recently I missed to be on tour with some band. Instead, for a few years, I sat drowsily at home, staring at the damned walls. I was so bored that it hurt physically. Standing on a stage and singing songs, I really love everything. After the end of Oasis and my other band, Beady Eye, I had neither new songs nor a stage. Then there was a dirty divorce and other private crap. It was not going well, somehow my life had slipped away, both professionally and privately. I needed a break and was so depressed that I even wondered if my time in the music business might be over.
ZEITmagazin: Now you exaggerate.
Gallagher: No, not in the least. I actually played with the idea of stopping. It did not fit anymore. I love the music, she was always good to me. I need music, even if I'm not a musician in the classical sense. When I look in the mirror, I do not see a songwriter there. I can not play any instrument right. Instead, I just like to sing and I'm good at it. I've written some useful song, but I often need a little help. However, I avoided the music for a while and put my life in order. And one day I was sitting at home and picked up the guitar, that was a wonderful feeling. And I wrote a song. And another, and it felt great. My girlfriend then suggested that I should knock on a record company. And now we are sitting here.
ZEITmagazin: In your new song For What It's Worth, apologize for some of your controversial utterances of the past. What prompted you to do that?
Gallagher: I've upset a bunch of people over the years, and I'm actually sorry for some of that. But do not come with Noel Gallagher now! I do not have anything to apologize to Noel Gallagher for that. Many people think that this is a song about my brother - but it is not, error! If anything special comes to my mind at all, when I have to apologize, then my children. They had to endure a lot with me, two failed marriages and so on. I've been mixing up their lives too often, and I'm really sorry about that. My mother did not have it easy with me either.
ZEITmagazin: In the song you sing: "I was crucified for being myself." Is your humor misunderstood?
Gallagher: That's right, many people do not get my sense of humor. All freak out when I spontaneously raushaue, which rushes through my head. That one should not take all that literally, it is clear, is only gladly ignored by the media. But do not worry about me, the bottom line is more love than hatred. Journalists "crucify" me, so what? I am a big boy and endure that.
ZEITmagazin: With US President Trump you have a love for Twitter, where you both like to spread controversial comments. Does anyone read your tweets in advance?
Gallagher: Just stop this damn idiot. But alright, yes, I also like to comment on Twitter, that's the punk in me. If a journalist gets on my nerves, I can respond immediately, or if someone, like the other day, steals my damn sunglasses at a concert. Someone else stole my parka the other day. It's no secret that I like to let off steam, but nobody controls my tweets, I just missed that.
ZEITmagazin: Have you ever regretted one of your tweets?
Gallagher: Of course, but I'll hardly tell you what those were. Nevertheless, I do not allow anyone to filter me. My girlfriend sometimes talks to my conscience: "Are you crazy? You can not write that!" Then I'll write it all the more. I have no real secrets, I'm not a secret alcoholic or something. I just cut out what suits me. Sometimes when I'm jumping out of my room in a good mood, she says, "Did you tweet something again?" - "No," I lie then. "Do you want to smell my fingers? I did not write anything."
ZEITmagazin: Especially in England you are a figure of public life. How long did it take you to get used to it?
Gallagher: I never got so used to it. Of course, when I give a concert, I'm a public person, but beyond the stage I also need some time for myself. When I go shopping and traveling with my kids, I do not want to pose for selfies. Who does not accept, should go to hell.
ZEITmagazin: Are you different at home than in public?
Gallagher: In my private life, I really do things more calmly. I do not live a damn celebrity life, go to cool parties or hip clubs. I do not live in the middle of London, but in a small, quiet, very green village called Highgate, on the outskirts. There are some old pubs where you can be left alone.
ZEITmagazin: You can watch a funny clip on YouTube that shows you singing folk songs in a pub with some old boys. How did that happen?
Gallagher: That was really nice in Montreal the other day. Once again I had gone for a walk alone, had arrived in a gaping pub and had drunk a few Guinness. It was eleven o'clock in the morning and heavenly quiet as these guys came in with their guitars and started to sing. I sat down, listened to their folk songs and gave them a few beers. At some point I sang along, and it was heavenly fun, until the store was full and the first drew their idiotic cell phones. Then I fled. But such a session in the pub, I prefer every glamorous party.
ZEITmagazin: Over the last few years, it has become increasingly clear how unsurprisingly British music has become like yours without iridescent characters. That's why many have missed you.
Gallagher: For me rock 'n' roll has always been more than music. I did not go to a band to make a career as fast as possible and make a lot of money. First of all, I wanted to have fun! Rock music is a great fortune-giving force that means something to many people that goes far beyond music. Okay, if your life is a disaster, rock music will be a disaster too. But maybe a few exciting songs will give you some rest from the crap that otherwise oppresses you. I've always expected rock'n'roll stars to be more than music. I admired crazy guys like Who drummer Keith Moon, who promised a dazzling life. Instead, we've recently been surrounded by guys who tell you with a thoughtful expression, that they have retired for a year in a damn lonely hut in the Himalayas for their new album. When I hear something like that, I just think: (roars) Fuck off! I do not care how those longweiler wrote a song, so what interests even only Langweiler. Incidentally, I believe that music comes from a higher sphere. All music belongs to the universe! As simple as that.
ZEITmagazin: Your brother Noel once said something similar.
Gallagher: We do not argue about everything either. As far as that is concerned, we are indeed in agreement. But otherwise we are very different people. He is currently turning into a little bono. Soon he will preach in a church - wait and see! Noel really lives a completely different life than me.
ZEITmagazin: Will you ever be back together with your brother on a stage?
Gallagher: I do not want to fail, but I'm also happy about anyone else who wants to make music with me.
ZEITmagazin: When were you last in a room with him? At Christmas with your mother?
Gallagher: No, we Gallaghers never really celebrated Christmas anyway. We've always been a weird family - or better off, a broken family. I see my mother regularly, my older brother Paul too. Many years ago, when the kids of Noel and I were little, we even tried family reunions a couple of times. But these were always very strange, stiff events that felt very forced for all involved. Family celebrations have always backfired at the Gallaghers.
ZEITmagazin: What is the first big moment in your life that you remember?
Gallagher: When we signed a record deal with Oasis - that changed everything for me. It was the best thing I had experienced until then. It really was not about the money, it meant much, much more: It opened for me a whole new world, a universe of which I had only dreamed until then. When it was said that we could now go to a studio to record a real record, I almost died of excitement. Because I had never seen a studio from the inside. I knew that we are a good live band. And I was eager to prove to the world that we are good in the studio as well. This first excitement accompanies me until today.
ZEITmagazin: Did you have a plan B at the time?
Gallagher: I did not even have a plan A! I was always driven by rock 'n' roll. This faith has helped me in the four dark years that I have behind me. But I always gave something back to rock 'n' roll. He gave me strength, and I gave him a voice.
ZEITmagazin: Your 16-year-old son Gene, who is celebrating his first successes as a model, was photographed in a T-shirt of your despised band Blur. Is this a sign of rebellion?
Gallagher: That had nothing to do with it, because the poor kid was tricked by people who tried to wipe me out. Gene is just starting in the modeling world and still has no idea what you're doing and what's better not. And then came some candelabrum and found it superoriginal to photograph my son in a Blur T-shirt. Let me make it short: When I meet this fucker, I'll break his damn legs and beat the "blur" out of him. Anyone who uses my children to annoy me will regret it. But again very clearly: I'm not mad at my son, because he was tricked.
ZEITmagazin: What do you think is particularly British about you?
Gallagher: My style! And in every respect. Fashion is important to me, but it's also British to honestly say what goes through your head. I hold nothing back. Also my taste in music is British through and through.
ZEITmagazin: What do you think about Brexit?
Gallagher: I think most of the people who voted for it had no idea what they were doing. If I already hear that: "We want our country back"! What is your plan? What is the improvement? As for me, I can clearly say that I think Europe is great. I feel like part of Europe and like traveling here. If I imagine that I have to get visas for a European tour soon, I freak out.
ZEITmagazin: So far you have always avoided political statements. Why?
Gallagher: Because I have no idea about it. That's why I did not vote for a long time. But last year I finally gave my vote again, because I also realized that things have to change. I still do not know, but at least feel that I need to help, so that something changes. And that you're an even bigger idiot, if you can not vote, I got it too.
ZEITmagazin: After the assassination in Manchester, the Oasis song Do not Look Back in Anger became a hymn of reconciliation. Did the song get a consolation that was unexpected even for you?
Gallagher: The power of music can be huge, but you should not overdo it. The evil that is traveling in the world right now can not stop rock 'n' roll. But after all, rock 'n' roll brings people together and gives comfort, which is already worth a lot. I heartily wished that rock 'n' roll could stop those bastards beheading humans. But after all, Rock'n'Roll makes you courage. When I was on my way to the stage after the assassination attempt at the Ariana Grande benefit concert in Manchester, a woman asked me if I was nervous. I told her that I'm never nervous when I'm allowed to enter a stage. That's where I belong, and I always know what I have to do. These days, I'm just worried about the people who come to my concerts,
ZEITmagazin: Would you call yourself an optimist?
Gallagher: Of course! Look where I come from, out of nowhere, and that nothing was in Manchester. The headwind in my youth was fierce. My childhood can be described as hard. Of course, there are always people who get harder, but I've already gotten a lot. It was not easy with my dad. For that I had a strong mother who always believed in herself. She had three children she was alone with at some point and three jobs to get us through. She could just have given up. She could have consoled herself with drugs and alcohol, only to sink into self-pity. But she never complained, she just made sure we had three boys to eat and go to school.
ZEITmagazin: As the youngest you were your special problem case?
Gallagher: Can you say that? I did not do much as a kid, at school I was a failure, as was everywhere, my prospects were dark. I had a firm belief for that. I knew that Rock'n'Roll would save me. Call it spirituality! Believe it or not, it was always clear to me that Oasis would someday be very successful. That's optimism, right?
ZEITmagazin: How often do you call your mother?
Gallagher: Every day, of course! I talked to her this morning, she's in a good mood. I would like to visit her more often, but that does not allow my job. She is for me the coolest woman who ever walked on this planet. Do you know what I am afraid of?
ZEITmagazin: No?
Gallagher: Before my mother dies before me. I will not be able to prevent that, but I have no idea how to bear it. It will be very difficult for me. Of course I will have to pull myself together because I have children myself. But it will be a damn awful day for me.
ZEITmagazin: What's good about getting older?
Gallagher: I do not know. I am getting more and more wrinkled and maybe one day even wise. The good thing about aging is that you find your place in this great painting of life and feel good there. And we all have to die, I'm not afraid of that. Life is damn exhausting and does not get any easier once you've sold a few million records. The world in which we live always terrifies me. I think that's just a test that some strange beings impose on us. Maybe aliens? Or angels? Who knows.
ZEITmagazin: Do you believe in angels?
Gallagher: That depends on the day. Sometimes I believe in angels, and the day after I do not believe in anything anymore. And the day after, I believe in God and a day later on aliens. Difficult thing. There is only one person I believe in, and that's me!