I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.

I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.

We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world.

We need each other, We believe in one another, And I know we're gonna uncover, What's sleepin' in our soul...

I'm embarrassed when I see Brits abroad; they have their tops off, wear flip flops, and shout at the top of their voices.

If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you could sort things out, but it's all smoke and mirrors.

You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way...

In business, you can have one massive success that earns $50 million overnight, and that's it. You're successful. End of story. But in the music business, you have to keep on doing it.

You can't be a mod and a rocker. You have to choose sides.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

Brutes leave ingratitude to man.

Only her death could prove her innocence; a circle of impossible, deathly judgement.

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.

I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.

I feel that one species, mankind, doesn't have the right to exterminate

It is the business of economists, not to tell us what to do, but show why what we are doing anyway is in accord with proper principles.

Who knows his virtues name or place, hath none.

It reinforced everything that I believe. I am an optimist. I believe in the goodness of people.

My ultimate fantasy is to entice a man to my bedroom, put a gun to his head and say, 'Make babies or die'.

When I perform, it's definitely about duration. I don't play any kind of time signature known to man.