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

In the Sixties people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, people take Prozac to make it normal.

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

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

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

Change terrifies people. They like new, but they don't like new with change.

I've always known I'm incredibly special. All my life. You know? It's not a big deal.

Oasis were like the bullies I had to put up with at school.

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

There's need to be some sort of disturbance in your psyche for creativity to be sparked.

Every time I go to Africa, I see the future. I see what the Western world is going to become. It's a very futuristic place.

In God’s vocabulary, ‘lost’ is an unnecessary adjective that is easily erased by the adjective ‘found’ if we would simply be brave enough to hand Him the eraser.

It's cool when people know you more, but I like people to treat me regular when they see me. I take pictures. I don't really be big on people looking at me.

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule.

When we're passionate about something, we have a positive attitude and embrace each day with a new outlook.

While free software was meant to force developers to lose sleep over ethical dilemmas, open source software was meant to end their insomnia.

At the end of the day, you should take every opportunity that comes your way.

A great man may not do great things but they do ordinary things greatly.

Though as he'd say, what is 'belief' but a willingness to suspend the negatives?

I'm not letting any stupid decisions get in my way. I want to be a role model, letting girls know that they can follow their dreams.

The reflection of the current social paradigm tells us we are largely determined by conditioning and conditions.