Wisdom From The Wire

Manic Street Preachers bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire never misses a chance to mouth off about something or other, so now you can find all his greatest quotes in one place... Run by Amy since 2012. If you take any quotes for media use, please credit this blog!

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He just wants Sarsons.

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POV: Nicky insults your favorite band / song

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"There's always the space on stage, you know, which's never gonna be filled, there's always his words from Blackwood to Croatia to Singapore, you know, we're always projecting his words it's a pretty nice thing to do really 'cause we're all just massive fans of him as a lyricist really and as a good old-fashioned rock star, there was no better." - Nicky talking about Richey, 2011 ✦

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"I just think we're still the most intelligent band around, really, by a long way. I don't think anybody gets close to our intelligence and the way we change and the way we reinvent ourselves. I think that's the most important thing to do these days is to keep changing. I think if you stand still you become rather sad." [x]

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“I haven’t had a drink for 11 years. Not a big crisis or anything, just, I’ve got kids and I can’t get up in the morning any more. My daughter really loves to pick these things up. At the dinner table she’ll say, ‘You can’t talk Dad. Look at what you said in 1992. Look what you said in ’94…’,”

Nicky in the new Mojo Magazine interview, 2021

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You see supposedly left-leaning actors and pop star queuing up to get MBEs and OBEs – and I’d rather f**king stab my eyes out with a pencil than do that. What was it, (Paul) Weller and David Bowie turned down knighthoods? That’s good enough for me.

- Nicky’s back! New interview from July 2021

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Nicky Wire 2013 NME Twitter Takeover

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Nicky Wire 2013 NME Twitter Takeover

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Nicky Wire 2013 NME Twitter Takeover

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Richey invented Emo, so to speak! When you look at bands like My Chemical Romance today, I often think if I was 16 I would want to be like them. I know that her bass player is a big fan of ours. There is also a line about us on Fall Out Boy’s new record.

Nicky Wire in an interview with WELT, 2009

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Happy World Poetry Day!

Here’s my favourite quote from my favourite lyricist, Nicky Wire.