Nicky Wire
Bassist and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers.
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Where there's nature, or where there's breathing, there are true moments of joy. You've just got to recognise them and not take them for granted. And that's what I try to do, have moments of elation in life, however small, five minutes a day, and be able to think, 'Yeah, that'll do. That'll do me for now."
I say build some more fucking bypasses over this shithole. (On stage at Glastonbury Festival 1994)
If literature or music can make you think or become aware, then it's done something. That's what we've always wanted to do, just ignite sparks in people's minds. We can't offer a manifesto of how to make your life better.
The only good thing about America is that you killed John Lennon.
Long live the king! May he reign in Hell!
We're looking forward to autodestructing more than ever.
In the season of goodwill, let's hope that Michael Stipe goes the same way as Freddy Mercury pretty soon.
We are going to set fire to ourselves on Top Of The Pops.
Last night on-stage I really thought that we could have made something happen, started a riot, but it was like looking into the abyss and being really scared of what to do about it.
We were are Number 94 in the charts, but everyone had an opinion on us. That was the most brilliant thing we'd achieved.
Signing to a major record company is the price of an education. We don't care what they do to us.
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