Pete Doherty

“It's difficult talking about someone you love when you've split up with them, because it's painful to rake up all those old emotions again.”

“It's never going to be hipster because you've got that smell that the sea gives out twice a day. That's why Margate will never be gentrified. However, there is art-led regeneration.”

“The fact that I'm obviously well enough to be playing - in fine fettle and fine singing voice, yet I am not playing with The Libertines - is a sore point.”

“I was always very softly spoken and kinda looked after myself.”

“I hate to say it - it breaks my heart - but we're a tacky, money-obsessed culture.”

“I just wanted to get on telly. I wasn't a massive Oasis fan, but I had to be in order to get on the telly.”

“The only way I see myself in a serious relationship is if I am toning it down a bit.”

“'You Talk' was originally a copy of a certain Velvet Underground song.”

“I don't know; we'll see what happens with Brexit. If they make it so that you can't travel any more without a visa, I'm going to have to leave the country, stay in the E.U., and probably cha...”

“My sound is just vintage Vox AC30s and Marshalls... Matchless amps are cool as well.”