quietnowherebesideyou:

“Peter and Carl would babble to each other in this strange fantasy world of nicknames. Peter was Bilo, because his father used to call him “Billy Bilo”. Carl was Biggles, and sometimes Pigman. They were like brothers. Each one fulfilled what the other lacked. Carl’s very gregarious and very sociable. Peter’s more introverted and sensitive. They really loved each other. When he was living above Filthy MacNasty’s, Peter was selling speed he got from some Hell’s Angel in Tottenham. Peter’s a very strange mix of real innocence, like a cherub that’s fallen from heaven, but also very worldly. He has no fears. There were rent boy rumours. I don’t know if they were true but they had absolutely no money and I wouldn’t put it past Peter. It would have been part of his armoury of myth. He lives like a character from a novel… The Libertines were a lost cause, the three-legged dog running the race. If you’re a teenager and you’re fragile, you idolize lost causes. That’s why they affected so many people. It would be amazing if one day Peter and Carl wrote together again. They’re fantastic together. But they should only do it if they want to, not to live out a past regret.”

— Banny Poostchi, Libertines Ex-Manager, Q Magazine, 2008