I’ve been mostly focused on Liam’s love for Noel (lbr, it’s easy to find quotes of him waxing poetic about his brother) but I thought I’d see how many instances I could find of Noel saying he loves Liam (either directly to him, or to others about Liam).
So many of Noel’s declarations include a “but”. I love him but I don’t like him. I love him but he doesn’t like me. It’s not quite as breathtaking as Liam’s “I’ve never stopped loving him”. But I am somewhat encouraged that Noel felt comfortable telling us he loves/d Liam on numerous occasions. And it’s devastating interesting to see how his expressions of love changed over time.
Where possible I tried to find the original source or at least a secondary (or tertiary?) source to link to, but there were a few times I couldn’t find a source or wasn’t sure about the date. Also at times it was easier to link to posts on here so I could more easily keep track of it all.
Feel free to add any quotes I missed, or lmk if I got anything incorrect or if you can fill in some blanks.
Massive, massive credit to the legends at Mad For Our Kid on Livejournal, along with others on here and other places who posted quotes and interviews and gifs etc. They all made a lot of this stuff easier to find and ultimately compile.
1992 (?): It’s not hate. I don’t hate him, I love him. x
1994 (April 23 NME): How often do they argue like they just have? “Every day,” sighs Noel. “Hourly. But it’s not hate. It’s love. I don’t hate him. I love him. It’s one of them. We’re brothers, man. It’s deep shit.”
1994 (The Beat): I love you. Great guy, in’t he? I owe my career to this man. x (abt 4:10 minutes in)
1996: You are a great singer and I mean that most sincerely, and I love you. x
1996 (Aug 3 1996 Daily Record): “Do I love Liam? I suppose I do,” says Noel. “Yeah! But I don’t love him as much as I love Pot Noodles.”
1997 (poss. January, poss. translated interview): Liam knows that I love him, I don't have to tell him. I know that he loves me and I really don't want to hear him telling me. x
1997 (Spin): "I love the geezer," he says. "I love him. And I don't say that just because he's my brother. He makes me laugh. He's so surreal." x
2000 (The Times): Noel takes a drink from his bottle of beer and says wearily, "I love him but I don't like him. If I walked into a bar and he was there, I'd walk out.” x
2002 (May, Q): So how close did you come to splitting? Noel: "We didn't. We sat down and I said, "Listen, I love you and you love me, what's the most important thing? One: the music. Two: the singer. Three: the cunt who writes the songs.” x
2002: He’s just a lippy, loud-mouth, funny as fuck... I’ve grown to love that boy so much that it’s like you just gotta... let him do his fucking thing. x
2002 (July, Gurten Festival): Me and Liam are head over heels in love at the moment. x
2004 (Steve Lamacq interview, BBC Radio 1): “Jon Bon Jovi was across the way, right, ’cause he had some solo stuff out – and this is genius, man, this is why I love our kid. [Bon Jovi] had a copy of Rolling Stone, we’d just had our first write-up in Rolling Stone, and he said, ‘You guys are in Rolling Stone’ and he passed it to Liam. And he said, ‘So when you get to the States, you can say that Jon Bon Jovi gave you your first Rolling Stone,’ and as he’s walking out Liam went, ‘Who’s he?’” x
2005 (Webchat with Gary Crowley, transcript from MFOK Livejournal): Yeah, well, it's like with our records, you know. A lot of people say to me, oh, you're always dissing your own records, but it's like, I'm allowed... I'm allowed to pull them apart, but no one else is, you know. But I love Liam and he... his songwriting's... he's surprised me that he's thrown himself into the songwriting and he's that good, I have to say, he surprised me in that department. x (abt 1hr 39 mins in)
2005/6 (??): Yeah I mean, Liam knows I love him, I know he doesn't like me, that ends the argument, y'know what I mean? Get on with it. x
2006 (Scottish Mail): I know for a fact Liam doesn't like me. It's because I'm much more talented than him. I love him because he's my brother but I don't like him. He says he loves me but I don't see much coming from him.Trouble is, Liam can never take yes for an answer. He tells me he's written a great song for the next Oasis record and I say: 'Okay, we'll put it on.' But then he'll start shouting that it should be included on the CD. I've just said yes, what part of that does Liam not get?" [...] But, y’know, he is my brother. And although I don’t like him, I do love him to bits. x
2011 (Grazia): Of course I still love him, but not in the way that I love Sara and the kids. x
The words rolled over like an engulfing wave. All the while the mental image of what might have been and should’ve been kept forming, disintegrating and re-forming in my mind.
The Duchess of Windsor’s thoughts when she was watching the coronation of King George VI
‘Too often have I seen human parents who were too young, too unstable, or otherwise unfit or unready for children produce child after doomed, mistreated child. I will have none of this for these, my gryphons. By watching them, and then training others what to watch for, I can discover which pairings are loving and stable, which would-be parents have the patience and understanding to be parents. And in this way, perhaps my creations will have a happier start in life than most of the humans around them. While I may not be an expert in such things, I have at least learned how to observe the actions of others, and experience may give me an edge in judging which couples are ready for little ones. Those who desire children must not bring them into our dangerous world out of a wish for a replica of themselves, a creature to mold and control, a way to achieve what they could not, or the need for something that will offer unconditional love. For that, they must look elsewhere and most likely into themselves.” Guh! Just. So much.
