English - Musician | March 23, 1968 -
Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world.
Damon Albarn
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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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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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I think pop music is a great place to get new ideas across.
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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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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 lifetime's work, and I don't profess to be anything other than a novice at it.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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