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

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

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.

As a musician usually music is your way out.

- A sentyment staje się uciążliwy. W końcu jest coś nazbyt fizycznego w próbie zachowania cząstki dzieciństwa na swoim mostku. - Nie pan pierwszy sprowadza wiarę do zmysłu dotyku.

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

what's real within the story is real within the story

It's a difficult thing for a city to be sued by the department of justice and to be told that your police department is systematically failing to serve the people of the state or the city.

Though they were Liberals they were not democrats; nor yet infidels.

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

Time is wealth, and unlike money when it is gone you cannot replace it.

Have you ever noticed how people who wear camouflage gear really stand out in a crowd?

Jesus is the author of faith, the provider of faith, and the object of faith.