Damon Albarn quotes

Damon Albarn is a British musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the frontman of Blur and co-creator of Gorillaz. His creative projects blend genres such as Britpop, alternative rock, and electronic music. He continues to influence contemporary music through his innovative collaborations and boundary-pushing artistry. Here are 21 of his quotes:

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)
Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that. View quote
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Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world. View quote
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As a musician usually music is your way out. View quote
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The things that make me happy most are my family and working. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I can't be bothered anymore about giving songs titles. View quote
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When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this. View quote
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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)
It always struck me that Africa was, in a strange way, a futuristic place and had elements and vibes and spirits that were going to inform the future. Africa Express is an attempt to engage that power outside Africa, and for everyone to benefit from it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The cartoon is a metaphor really for the fact that it's almost impossible in our celebrity obsessed culture to move around genres and sort of change you ideas, change your face, you know? View quote
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result. (Damon Albarn)

Damon Albarn

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Photo: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: English Musician
Born: March 23, 1968
Quotes count: 21
Wikipedia: Damon Albarn

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