Quotes by Damon Albarn

About Damon Albarn:

Damon Albarn is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Blur as well as co-founder, vocalist and principal songwriter and instrumentalist of the virtual band Gorillaz.
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know peopl...

Damon Albarn

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.

Damon Albarn

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

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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.

Damon Albarn

I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.

Damon Albarn

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

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

I don't need to be a frontman all the time, and in fact, the older I get, the less of an urge it is inside me to play that role. I've still got it inside me, and I do occasionally allow it out.

Damon Albarn

As a musician usually music is your way out.

Damon Albarn

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

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.

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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.

Damon Albarn

I spent two years figuring out how I could turn it into something that would satisfy me as a musician but also make some kind of cross-cultural link. I feel that I kind of at least touched on the possibilities of cross-cultural music, but it is a lif...

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameDamon Albarn
  • DescriptionEnglish musician
  • BornMarch 23, 1968
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionGuitarist; Singer; Musician; Composer