Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn, OBE,is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is the lead singer of the alternative rock band Blur as well as co-founder, vocalist, principal songwriter, and instrumentalist of the virtual band Gorillaz...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth23 March 1968
CityWhitechapel, England
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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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On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I think he liked being punched.
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Manchester is the centre of Britain, we're only ever going to do this once so it makes sense to do it somewhere in the middle of the country. London gets all the gigs. It's time to do something a bit different to readdress the balance. We're very excited to be getting all the guests artists together in one place for these shows.
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We intend to do a massive world tour with Demon Days, but I won't be involved with it. It'll be all animation and big sound systems and stuff.
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My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV.
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There's always been a hip-hop element to my trousers.
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I have to wear a new T-shirt every night. I throw them into the audience. One day I'm going to go around the world and reclaim all my T-shirts
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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
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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.
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If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge.
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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.
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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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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.