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

~Damon Albarn

Topics: Allowed Being Blur Hear Made Me Music Over Travel 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.

~Damon Albarn

Topics: Anymore Behind Character Hiding Like Me Old Old Self Self

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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.

~Damon Albarn

Topics: Album Every Feel Less Like Moment More Nothing Only Point Right Shows Snapshot Something Think Time

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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.

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Topics: Allow Fact Get Got In Fact Inside Less Me Need Occasionally Older Out Play Role Still Time Urge

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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

Topics: Heart Itself Long Long Time Me Music Should Something Speak Straight Time Took Understand

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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.

~Damon Albarn

Topics: Actual Because Behind Cartoons Gone Intelligence Just Know Least Lie Lot Me More People Real Seem Some Than Tv Work You

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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.

~Damon Albarn

Topics: Always Doing End Keep Kind Longest Lots Musician Plates Spinning Up Working

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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.

~Damon Albarn

Topics: Africa Always Attempt Benefit Elements Engage Everyone Express Future Futuristic Going Had Inform Me Outside Place Power Spirits Strange Strange Way Struck Vibes Way Were

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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

Topics: Behind Believes Getting Just Leave Musician People Politics Really Start Those Who You

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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?

~Damon Albarn

Topics: Almost Around Cartoon Celebrity Change Culture Face Fact Genres Ideas Impossible Know Metaphor Move Obsessed Our Really Sort You Your

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: March 23rd, 1968

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