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.

As a musician usually music is your way out.

If I see darkness in men of God I bring light to them.

Superiority to fate is difficult to gain 'tis not conferred of any but possible to earn.

Our envy of others devours us most of all.

History is an agreed-upon fiction.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices.

Meditate and bath in the light of eternity. Nothing else is worthwhile.

Faith gives me the ability to rise above anything, because what is true in the spiritual realm is forever true. It cannot be denied.

I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.

I hate studio. For me, studio is a trap to overproduce and repeat yourself. It is a habit that leads to art pollution.