Top 40 Oasis Quotes

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

People are interested in pro football because it provides them with an emotional oasis; they don’t want football to get involved in the same types of court cases, racial problems and legislative issues they encounter in the rest of American life.

I’m really into Noel Gallagher’s lad culture vibe. I used to wear Fred Perry polo shirts a lot. In fact, I went to an Oasis concert, which I believe was the band’s penultimate gig before they disbanded, and I would say about 80 per cent of the audience were wearing the same polo.

I’m very happy about ‘Last Call At The Oasis.’ I hope it’s a wake up call… we caused the problem, but we can be the solution.

Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America’s red states.

I’ve been told that ‘Midnight at the Oasis’ has been responsible for the conception of more children than any other song of the ’70s.

When I first landed at Pixar, I felt like I found this creative oasis with John Lasseter… It’s what you thought Hollywood was going to be.

Oasis are okay, but they’re like The Sun: base.

I was a big Oasis fan.

Public radio is the last oasis of free and independent music. For satellite radio channels, you have to subscribe; commercial stations are as corporate as basic cable.

I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that’s all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.

The tech and tech media world are meritocracies. To fall back to race as the reason why people don’t break out in our wonderful oasis of openness is to do a massive injustice to what we’ve fought so hard to create.

I had wanted to place the Eye-in-the-Sea at an oasis on the bottom of the ocean, in some site rich with life that was likely to be patrolled by large predators. The first time I got to test the camera at such a place was in 2004, in the north end of the Gulf of Mexico, at an amazing location called the brine pool.

Oasis allowed me to use lyrics from ‘Wonderwall,’ so I’m super gassed to re-version the track and get it to a new audience, as it’s a classic.

Live are a really good band. I like Stone Temple Pilots, Radiohead I love. Even Oasis.

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.

When I was 12, I didn’t know about Nirvana or Oasis or any of those people. I was listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Gershwin.

I’d love to collaborate and write a song with Will Gallagher from Oasis. I think he’s a great songwriter.

The POM bottle is sublime, in a way. When you go into a supermarket, you hear that noise everywhere: ‘Buy me! I’m going to save your life! I’m going to make you thin!’ When you come to that POM bottle, it’s like an oasis of calm.

The first CD I had was ‘Definitely Maybe’ by Oasis, and I had a tape of’ ‘Parklife’ by Blur when I was nine.

I have, like, a playlist with all my favourite songs on it. Sadie’s Playlist is the soundtrack of my life. ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis, ‘Under The Bridge’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers, TLC, ‘Waterfalls’ – I love the ’90s.

To say that I loved school would be an understatement. It was my oasis, my sanctuary.

I grew up listening to Oasis and The Verve; English music was huge in my house.

Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.

I certainly wasn’t a fan of Thatcher’s politics. People liked to label us as children of Thatcher. What nonsense. The real children of Thatcher came in the 1990s, and had no interest in politics. The Oasis, Britpop scene.

In 1995, I was 27, and I completely got caught up in Blur and Oasis and the fashion of the time.

I genuinely love Oasis, and I also genuinely love Beyonce. My body gets the same pleasure. If you like different types of music, it’s OK to say it.

I don’t think anybody comes close to The Beatles, including Oasis.

People are so passionate about their favourite artists making it to number 1, it almost reminds me of football fanaticism. Nowadays, it’s ‘One Direction’ vs ‘The Wanted.’ Back in my day, it was ‘Oasis’ vs ‘Blur’.

Colorado is an oasis, an otherworldly mountain place. I’ve played so many shows in Colorado that I think I’m the Colorado house band.

I actually went to an Oasis concert. I thought they were a brilliant songwriting band.

Augusta National… an oasis of career-defining moments.

I see myself in competition with Blur and Oasis. But everyone else just sees me as this guy with a history.

Oasis were massive for me, because of the attitude and what they represented and how outspoken they were. It felt like they were exactly like me.

I worked behind the record counter at Woolworths when I was 16. It was when Oasis’ ‘Definitely Maybe’ came out and The Verve were getting big. I’d have probably worked my way up to store manager if I’d have stuck around.

I always loved Oasis because when they came out, they did express that they loved us, and they saw that we did it, and they thought they could do it, too.

‘Ready Player One’ has it all – nostalgia, trivia, adventure, romance, heart, and, dare I say it, some very fascinating social commentary. The novel follows Wade Watts through the virtual reality world, the OASIS, and on a quest to uncover and unlock the secrets buried deep inside.

Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.

I do value the respect I get from my contemporaries, but to have Oasis cover my song, to have Puff Daddy cover a song, to have Goldie come along to my gigs – that’s where my ego is at. To have my fellow musicians like what I do, that’s very cool.

Oasis can’t be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.