Liam Gallagher, former Oasis frontman

"My life lately is still very real. Music has definitely enlightened me. I decided to make a new album because this is what I do. I make music and I sing songs. This new album means the world to me. It's the most personal record I've made yet," Gallagher says. "I'm proud of every single song on the album."

He mentions two songs from the album, Universal Gleam and Greedy Soul, which the singer-songwriter calls "honest and meaningful" to him.

"It's nice to get things off your chest," he says.

"Everything that I've ever written about has been what's gone on in my life, whether it's the past, the present or the hopes I have for the future. I record all my ideas into a Dictaphone and anything that I find I keep coming back to, I'll pursue it a little bit more. Lyrics I find very hard; melody comes easily and obviously I'm limited with my guitar playing but I seem to do OK," continues Liam Gallagher, who takes former Beatles singer-songwriter John Lennon as his lifelong idol and inspiration. "I consider myself as the best rock 'n' roll singer on the planet and an OK songwriter. I'm getting better all the time."

When asked about an Oasis reunion, Liam Gallagher said in an earlier interview this June that "I can't see it happening. Never say never, I guess, but at the moment, if I get up and running on this solo thing, it certainly won't happen for a bit".

He tells China Daily that he hasn't seen Guiggs for a long time, spoke to Tony McCaroll at the Oasis' documentary Supersonic's premiere in Manchester last October and speaks to Bonehead pretty much every day. Brother Noel is not mentioned.

"Oasis means the world to me. I am Oasis," he says.

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