Damon Albarn Quotes

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Damon Albarn

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 23, 1968

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

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It's not like my old self - I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.

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

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Whenever you're writing something that's reflective, you have to put yourself through some sort of ordeal just to understand the way you're feeling.

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As soon as it sounds fine, I'm on to the next thing, man.

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Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe.

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

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I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I want to be a better person in every aspect. I really don't feel I've in anyway fulfilled my potential in every area of my life. But I'm optimistic.

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The things that make me happy most are my family and working.

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I'm a working musician, so it's what I do. I kind of always have lots of plates spinning, and it's the ones that keep spinning the longest that I end up doing.

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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.

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I enjoyed history at school. I'd always had a sense of pagan England.

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You know, there are many alter egos and Gorillaz is a collective of alter egos, really. I think anyone who gets involved in it has to sort of accept that nothing is really as it seems.

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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.

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As a musician usually music is your way out.

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I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles.

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