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

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..

The whole Gorillaz concept is one for mavericks; it's a way for people who never have a chance to work together being able to ally behind the cartoon….

Yeah. You've seen The Sun today; I've got myself a big house, settled down. Apart from the odd night out with the New Fathers' Club, I'm a family man….

Trying to write music that's sensitive to 400 years ago takes a bit of madness, as it's such a long stretch of time..

If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge..

Each individual has their own opinions about whether war is an answer to any problems. Personally I think it's a waste of time, but I think more impo….

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

There's always been a hip-hop element to my trousers..

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

It's important that Oasis are rude about everybody and that they get drunk...Fair enough. It's nice, isn't it? But it's nothing to do with me. They c….

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….

I was naive enough to believe it would be enough to replace the government. Well, I made fun of the people in the government and then realized that e….

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

As a musician usually music is your way out..

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

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 li….

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

A lot of Gorillaz songs were very personal. I mean, that's why it was interesting, because it wasn't music being made for a cartoon. It was something….

My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV..

I have to wear a new T-shirt every night. I throw them into the audience. One day I'm going to go around the world and reclaim all my T-shirts.