Noel Gallagher has said that he hopes that the economic crisis gets worse, because the music gets better when people are in straitened circumstances.
He told That's Shanghai: "I hope the financial crisis gets a bit worse - at least we'll get a few good albums out of it. When we started in the early 90s it was a pretty grim time when the Conservative was still in power. Times of crisis usually bring out the best in music and fashion and politics and things like that".
Not sure whether this was a joke or not. Probably. He no doubt realises that whilst his own lifestyle is unlikely to be changed by a worsening economic climate, other people might lose jobs, homes, everything. Right?