There's a difference between performing in Philadelphia to New York as much as a difference between playing in Luton and playing in San Francisco, y’know what I mean? Pete Doherty More Quotes by Pete Doherty More Quotes From Pete Doherty The world that surrounded me disgusted me so I chosen to invent one of my own. Pete Doherty disgusted chosen world 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. Pete Doherty intellectual mean thinking If you've lost your faith in love and music, Oh the end won't be long... Pete Doherty faith-in-love music long I have a very bad relationship with the future. We don't get on. We just ignore each other. Pete Doherty bad-relationship Broken glass. It's just like glitter, isn't it? Pete Doherty glitter glasses broken It's just about bein' yourself...even when you're on the dole, it's about your leather jacket. Music is the last refuge of the working class, along with football...in fact, gigs and riots are the only things left. Pete Doherty leather-jackets class football I don't really deal with the attention I receive to be honest. I build up a fantasy world around me that I inhabit. I cherry pick elements of literature, music, film, history and art, then weave them together to construct a fantasy reality to live in. It doesn't always work out though, I got evicted from my own fantasy once, which was quite embarrassing. Pete Doherty film-history reality art The more that you follow me, the more I get lost Pete Doherty follow-me lost There's no drug in the world that can compare with playing music. Pete Doherty playing-music drug world When inspiration and emotions are sudden, and you can truly capture something, then, yeah, of course it feels good. But when you’re stunted, and you’re having trouble expressin’ yourself, then obviously it doesn’t. So it’s never constant. Pete Doherty feel-good emotion inspiration Once you realize that what I’m saying is true and comes from the heart, then it’s easy. But if you see it all as a façade and just a presentation of affected emotion, then it’s not so easy, it’ll just confuse you. Pete Doherty realizing emotion heart 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 emotion feelings people '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 music beautiful men I'm not a suicidal person at all, but on paper it seems that I am. I think I'm really quite horrible to myself in many ways. You always think it's going to be fine, the body will repair itself. There will be another chance. But I'm 33 now. The body won't keep repairing itself. You know when you can flick a coin and catch it on your elbow, and flick it up and catch it on the back of your head? And then you can't even catch it with two hands any more. You realise something is wrong. Pete Doherty suicidal hands thinking No one comes up to me asking for a crack dealer's number. People come up to me to talk about lyrics, about music, about the band. Pete Doherty cracks numbers people Open your heart. Don't be spiteful. Pete Doherty spiteful open-your-heart heart I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it’s a brutal world, man. Pete Doherty falling-in-love blue men I’m vain because I’m imperfect. Pete Doherty imperfect vain You want to dance. You want to sing. Yeah, that feeling, of course, is beyond recollection really. Pete Doherty yeah want feelings 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 passion music country