“I don’t take any of it for granted,” Noel Gallagher tells Vernon Kay

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds performed for Radio 2’s Piano Room on The Vernon Kay Show earlier.

The band performed classic track AKA… What A Life, new single Council Skies and the classic cover was Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart.

During their conversation, Vernon asked Noel if he takes success for granted. Noel replied: “No, no, no, no, no I don’t take any of it for granted. I don’t even, I don’t take the songwriting or, no, none of it.

“You know, we’re going out on tour. We still put everything into rehearsing and everything into making the records as good as they can be. That’s all you can do, try and make it the best that it can be.”

He said that his strong work ethic is probably because he doesn’t really have any other interests outside of music and football, adding: “Other than that I don’t collect anything, can’t drive, I’m not interested in it, so this is what I do.”

When Vernon revealed that his daughter listens to Definitely Maybe which is 30 next year, Noel responded: “It’s a real privilege when these anniversaries come round and kids are still into it, for something that we kind of, we created that sound.”

He admitted it wasn’t thought out, they were just a bunch of guys who created this noise, and the songs are great and it’s still going.

“I can’t believe it, it’s still going. It’s unbelievable… a lot of it is to do with kids that are, teenagers now don’t really have anything like that anymore and, I guess suppose like we did looking back to The Beatles and Stones and stuff like that so it’s a bit of a shame – not a shame, ‘cause it’s great for me obviously – that no one really came along to take our place if you like,” he said.

A listener question from Colin was what’s your favourite Manchester gig venue as both a performer and punter? Noel answered that Main road and the ETIHAD were great for Oasis and for seeing gigs, it has to be the Apollo.

“It’s where I seen my first ever gig in 1980, The Damned. And I’ve seen everyone there. Yeah, it’s a pretty special place,” he responded.

Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, who performed the previous Piano Room, asked what was the first song Noel ever heard on the radio and what was the first song or album that he ever owned?

Noel couldn’t remember the first song he heard on the radio, but remembers the first one he asked to be bought for him: “It was by Leo Sayer and it was I Won’t Let The Show Go On,” he recalled. “And if I remember correctly, he was dressed as a clown on Top of the Pops when he did it and that’s why I wanted it and actually, I haven’t got the seven inch, but the tune is amazing.

“Yeah, have you heard that tune?… Honestly, it is a tune. I even had great taste, even then when I was like a toddler. But the first album was Never Mind… by the Sex Pistols. I’m afraid I am that cool,” he joked!