My mother was a champion Irish dancer and singer and most of my family were musical, particularly in Irish dancing. Music is all about spewing out your emotions. A mixture of a good tune and a good beat and everyone playing their guts out and something that grabs people's attention.
What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer. - Shane Macgowan
What I do is I'm a bandleader, frontman, entertainer.
- Shane Macgowan
I'm just following the Irish tradition of songwriting, the Irish way of life, the human way of life. Cram as much pleasure into life, and rail agains… - Shane Macgowan
I'm just following the Irish tradition of songwriting, the Irish way of life, the human way of life. Cram as much pleasure into life, and rail agains…
I play Irish popular music, yeah? Calling it folk is like putting it in a box. It's a living tradition, you know? - Shane Macgowan
I play Irish popular music, yeah? Calling it folk is like putting it in a box. It's a living tradition, you know?
I've been a babe magnet for quite a while now. - Shane Macgowan
I've been a babe magnet for quite a while now.
There have been many happy days and many unhappy ones in my life, but the most important was the day I met my missus, who is sometimes estranged and … - Shane Macgowan
There have been many happy days and many unhappy ones in my life, but the most important was the day I met my missus, who is sometimes estranged and …
You can’t hate people unless you love them. - Shane Macgowan
You can’t hate people unless you love them.
Everyone drinks..........Well, unless they don't. - Shane Macgowan
Everyone drinks..........Well, unless they don't.
Irish music is guts, balls and feet music, yeah? It's frenetic dance music, yeah? Or it's impossibly sad like slow music, yeah? Yeah? And it also han… - Shane Macgowan
Irish music is guts, balls and feet music, yeah? It's frenetic dance music, yeah? Or it's impossibly sad like slow music, yeah? Yeah? And it also han…
I drink because I'm thirsty. - Shane Macgowan
I drink because I'm thirsty.
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