“The greatest songwriter of his generation” – Nick Cave
“The passion and deep intensity of his music and lyrics is unmatched by all but the very best in the rock & roll canon. I was fortunate to spend a little time with Shane and his lovely wife Victoria the last time we were in Dublin. He was very ill, but still beautifully present in his heart and spirit. His music is timeless and eternal. I don’t know about the rest of us, but they’ll be singing Shane’s songs 100 years from now.” – Bruce Springsteen
“Ah, the blessings of the cursed. Shane McGowan’s torrid and mighty voice is mud and roses punched out with swaggering stagger, ancient longing that is blasted all to hell. A Bard’s bard, may he cast his spell upon us all forevermore.” – Tom Waits
“And now I say, god bless the great Irishman Shane MacGowan. Everytime I heard him sing I heard the truth, and my heart filled up with humanity. I once saw him sing with the Pogues at a festival in the late 80’s. It was so beautiful and I was reduced to tears. I approached him, and gushed “Man that was so beautiful, thank you etc…” He looked at me and burst into laughter, accidentally spitting beer in my face, and it was not thoughtless or mean at all, he was just so humble and being a dude singing it seemed absurd to him to be elevated, like I was doing to him. I have never been a church going man or a religious man, but if I ever felt baptised, it was that beer and spit in my face that did it. I’m so grateful he sang his songs for us.” – Flea
“His best songs made you cry and raise a clenched fist at the same time. Yet the man I knew was also a gentle, poetic soul.” – Bobby Gillespie
“Shane MacGowan’s songs were perfect so he or we his fans didn’t have to be…” – U2
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