Damon Albarn Quotes

"Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that." ~ Damon Albarn

 "In the Sixties people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, people take Prozac to make it normal." ~ Damon Albarn

 "Change terrifies people. They like new, but they don't like new with change." ~ Damon Albarn

 "I've always known I'm incredibly special. All my life. You know? It's not a big deal." ~ Damon Albarn

 "There's need to be some sort of disturbance in your psyche for creativity to be sparked." ~ Damon Albarn

 "Oasis were like the bullies I had to put up with at school." ~ Damon Albarn

 "If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge." ~ Damon Albarn

 "As a musician usually music is your way out." ~ Damon Albarn

 "And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive" ~ Damon Albarn

 "There's always been a hip-hop element to my trousers." ~ Damon Albarn

 "If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it." ~ Damon Albarn

 "The things that make me happy most are my family and working." ~ Damon Albarn

 "What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend your whole life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much." ~ Damon Albarn

 "Every time I go to Africa, I see the future. I see what the Western world is going to become. It's a very futuristic place." ~ Damon Albarn

 "My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV." ~ Damon Albarn

 "The whole Gorillaz concept is one for mavericks; it's a way for people who never have a chance to work together being able to ally behind the cartoons." ~ Damon Albarn

 "No, every album is something like a snapshot. It only shows one moment in time. It shows what we feel and think right at that point in time, nothing more and nothing less" ~ Damon Albarn

 "Yeah. You've seen The Sun today; I've got myself a big house, settled down. Apart from the odd night out with the New Fathers' Club, I'm a family man now." ~ Damon Albarn

 "More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result." ~ Damon Albarn

 "The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone." ~ Damon Albarn

 "Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world." ~ Damon Albarn

 "I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles." ~ Damon Albarn

 "I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician" ~ Damon Albarn

 "The best way to get to know Africa is to go there and see what it is. To know somewhere that crazy and that magnificent, you have to spend some time among people, the rhythm of their lives." ~ Damon Albarn

 "Danger Mouse is now working on a bunch of other records, translating his ideas about remixing into all sorts of other projects." ~ Damon Albarn

 "I used to be younger than my producers but now I'm older than my producers and I think that works for me, that works better cause you get a good kick up the ... everyday." ~ Damon Albarn

 "I used to go to work and take heroin in the studio and then stop when I came home." ~ Damon Albarn

 "Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time." ~ Damon Albarn

 "I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics" ~ Damon Albarn