Pete Doherty quotes

Pete Doherty is an English musician, songwriter, and poet, widely recognized as the frontman of The Libertines and Babyshambles. His turbulent lifestyle and struggles with addiction have often attracted media attention. He continues to influence the indie music scene with his distinctive style and lyrical depth. Here are 94 of his quotes:

"Each man kills the things he loves". I recognise that in myself, in relationships, even with guitars, beautiful things that I've had and wilfully destroyed.

Pete Doherty

I'm not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I'm not going to let them destroy my feelings or my emotions.

Pete Doherty

I don't really know what "intellectual" means, but if it means you've got a desire to learn, you've got a desire to look for things that haven't been presented to you, then, maybe. I think that "intellectual" is quite an exclusive word. I think it's just for anyone that has a thirst or a hunger to improve themselves, or a yearning to escape from somewhere to get to a better place.

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I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it's a brutal world, man.

Pete Doherty

Broken glass. It's just like glitter, isn't it?

Pete Doherty

I've got a fierce passion for politics but I can't stand the smarmy, hypocritical upper-middle-class dictator nation that prevails and has always prevailed in this country. I'm up for petrol bombers, mate, and fighting in the streets.

Pete Doherty

I'm vain because I'm imperfect.

Pete Doherty

We have played at venues up and down the country on this tour, some of which had no security, and have encountered no problems or witnessed any aggression. I simply asked the bouncer last night to apologise for his behaviour, three times in fact, and he refused. I was very upset at his attitude and although I'm very sorry for letting everyone down last night, I refuse to play at venues where pumped up, 16 stone men feel the need to be aggressively rude and to bully teenage kids around.

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If you're looking for a cheap sort Glint with perspiration There's a five mile queue Outside the disused powerstation.

Pete Doherty

I defy you all To know twice as much as nothing at all It's still nothing at all.

Pete Doherty

The red-faced president took afternoon tea With her majesty The Queen And they watched old films flicker Across the old palace movie screen Crying, "What a shame!" As she slipped in the rain Poor dancing girl Well, she won't dance again...

Pete Doherty

I can't believe you've listed everything I stole since we met But I stole no kisses Just some books And the odd cigarette.

Pete Doherty

Until I was nine years old I thought 'cunt' was a term of endearment.

Pete Doherty

I still do. It's changed a lot. It started off as something ancient and forgotten; and became something modern and real. I just couldn't swim. The tunnels get narrower and narrower.

Pete Doherty

What did I dream? Oh, what did I dream? No one can keep me from my... No one could keep me from my... No fucker gonna keep me from my... Oh, what did I dream?

Pete Doherty

"We've had death threats", Pete says, "saying, 'You're evil and your days are numbered." What was it, "Don't panic but be scared". Someone shat on our doorstep once and nailed a sparrow to our basement door. I don't mind, me. I'll out-weird any stalker.

Pete Doherty

Doff your cap and raise your glasses, Make a toast to the boring classes I'm burning your secrets to keep me warm.

Pete Doherty

And if lust and depair Are two bullets in the same gun Well we've been playing Russian Roulette for far too long.

Pete Doherty

She was getting pally with a scally in the alley Giving head for gear She called a spade a spade Got slit from ear to ear I showed no decorum Spilled my heart out on the forum Like a snapshot of the most tragic day Carl is kept sedated, for the frontman elevated While McGee does all he can to ruin my band and keep me out the way In this industry of fools, musclemen and ghouls If you're not a puppet or a muppet then you might as well call it a day The truth gets so distorted The wall scrapings get snorted I'm welcome back if I give up crack But you gave me my first pipe anyway.

Pete Doherty

With Oasis stepping up a gear and proving they've still got it, they need to be shown there are people out there who can surpass them. Can we match them? The quality is good (in Oasis), but there really is no competition because my band is the greatest in the world and we're going to prove it.

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If you've lost your faith in love and music The end won't be long But if it's gone for you I too may lose it And that would be wrong...

Pete Doherty

You can't get that feeling anywhere else. It's communion. It's like being washed away in the ocean, carried aloft on a wave.

Pete Doherty