Pete Doherty > Quotes

“Broken glass. It's just like glitter, isn't it?”
― Pete Doherty

“If you've lost your faith in love and music then the end won't be long.”
― 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.”
― Pete Doherty

“I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it’s a brutal world, man.”
― Pete Doherty

“The shame – I shouldered
The pain – I soldiered
The fame – I'm over it
Although the whole lot of you are sold on it”
― Pete Doherty, From Albion to Shangri-La: Journals and Tour Diaries 2008 - 2013

“Have we enough to keep it together? Or do we just keep on pretending and hope our luck is never ending?”
― Pete Doherty

“Cornered, the boy kicked out at the world, the world kicked back, a lot fuckin’ harder though.”
― Pete Doherty