Pete Doherty Quotes

I love Stephen Stills and Neil Young dearly. We talk all the time. We see each other.

No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend.

I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like my closest older brother. There's just so much that we lived through together.

50 Cent and I really started to bond over our love for music. The first conversations we had were about Curtis Mayfield.

This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.

Most of my influences are from the past.

'The Chairs are Where the People Go' was told to me by my friend Misha Glouberman; I typed as he talked. In 'How Should a Person Be?' the transcribed dialogues between me and my friends help form the structure of the book.

For me, they are still my dear friends, not the Beatles.

Scott Aukerman and Judd Apatow are two people who I owe a lot to, and it's always great to work with Scott whenever I can.

Pretty much everyone on my iPod, I'd like to be friends with. But I'd say that the main two that I'd love to get into a conversation with are Werner Herzog and Graham Hancock.

Kanye's the best. He really, really is. He's cool. And why we've always gotten along is because we can just sit down and talk about art.

It was actually working with Kendrick Lamar that pushed me further into the act of songwriting, specifically.

Chris Young was a big influence of mine, and he's one of my good friends now.

I would like to work with The Weeknd. That's my boy, though; that's my friend.

I've never gone to a singer with a song and said 'why don't you try this?' or tried to get a record like that. My head just wasn't there.

Obviously there's so many great artists out there that I'd love to work with.

I had a relationship with John Wooden. I spoke at his memorial service.

My mom knew Salman sir, as they grew up together in Bandra. He would often tell my mother Genievev Advani how one day he would be a star. They have been friends for the longest time and would go cycling together.

Park Bo Young was like a teacher to me. Personally, we were good friends, but at the same time, I admired her acting and learned a lot from her.

The first time I met Janhvi on the sets, I took her to watch 'La La Land,' because she hadn't seen it. Soon, we started bonding over cinema - both of us are film buffs - and we realised we share a natural equation.

I definitely think that my vibe has rubbed off on Drake a bit.

The day Guy Clark passed away was the day we wrote 'Girl Goin' Nowhere.' It was the first day I had met Jeremy Bussey, who I wrote the song with.

If I work with Bjork, then I'll be a happy soul, man.

Butch Vig was a true friend and really guided us, and it was such a fulfilling relationship with a person to make records with.

I think I draw my inspiration from a lot of conversations that I had with people or my friends and combine them together with my own personal experience.