Damon Albarn Quotes

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

Damon Albarn Blur

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• The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Myself

• I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • People
  • Money
  • Think

• Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • Men
  • Women
  • Day

• Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.

  

  Edna O'Brien
  • Emotional
  • Mother`s
  • Reserved

• I don't like politics. I am not aligned to any political party. I have friends in all political parties.

  

  Gautam Adani
  • Friends
  • Political
  • Party

• The massive migration from dumb phones to smart phones is a great opportunity for young companies to take advantage of.

  

  Adam Dell
  • Great
  • Opportunity
  • Smart

• I think I'm probably quite geeky in a lot of ways. I'm pretty into books, kind of obsessive about that.

  

  Alice Eve
  • Pretty

• My family has been around campaigns for a long time. It's something you really have to be sure that you alone want to do. Because if not, if you don't want to do it, that will just blow through the surface at some point, and people can tell. And when people can tell, it's all over.

  

  Joe Kennedy III
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there's stuff that goes on that's bush-league. It's laughable.

  

  Bill Goldberg
  • World
  • Positive
  • Wrestling

• The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Mind
  • Road
  • Need

• It's a long journey. There will be good times, and there will be bad times, but SoftBank is always there.

  

  Masayoshi Son
  • Good
  • Long
  • Bad

• If I had the science and math capabilities, I would have liked to be a vet, but I don't! I don't have those capabilities.

  

  Carol Kane
  • Science
  • Math

• I only get fat when I eat food cooked by other chefs. At home, my wife does all the cooking. She makes simple things like soups and salads. We both like steamed tofu.

  

  Alain Ducasse
  • Home
  • She
  • Food

• I've become increasingly confidant in following intuitions ahead of thoughts as I produce more records.

  

  Jerry Harrison Talking Heads
  • Thoughts

• I strongly support not just citizenship classes but also teaching children how the law works and the many ways it affects their lives.

  

  Cherie Blair
  • Children
  • Law
  • Support

• I've started collecting taxidermy: I've got a red squirrel, called Steve. I made sure he came with certificates so we know he wasn't just killed for stuffing.

  

  Arthur Darvill
  • Red

• If I ran a national burger franchise - which I don't - I'd make it a rule that no two customers can be greeted with precisely the same words and that every third customer must be grossly insulted as a matter of course. Just to keep the atmosphere nice and lively. And to keep the staff laughing.

  

  Charlie Brooker
  • Words
  • Nice

• We'd do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another's point of view, but when matters become politicised, we're less able to do that.

  

  Kent Haruf
  • People
  • Jesus
  • Forgiveness

• The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns; The low'ring eye, the petulance, the frown, And sullen sadness, that o'ershade, distort, And mar the face of beauty, when no cause For such immeasurable woe appears; These Flora banishes, and gives the fair Sweet smiles, and bloom less transient than her own.

  

  William Cowper
  • Giving
  • Eye
  • Sweet

• Punk and all that was just an image that ripped people off. Johnny Rotten's a wanker, and that's all there is to it.

  

  Brian Francis Johnson AC/DC
  • People
  • Punk
  • Rotten

• My vision of punk rock was these dudes who were spitting on the audience and moshing. That's why I kind of left that scene. Then I see all these people around my same age or between 17 and 25 that were making music themselves in their own town. They weren't just singing, but creating. I see them putting out this music where there are tons of women involved in the scene and involved in the bands.

  

  Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill
  • People
  • Age
  • Kind

• Anxiety uses imagination to picture something you don't want. Vision uses imagination to picture something you DO want. Either way, you tend to get what you focus on. Imagine a future where you shine, others thrive, and the light of hope shines brighter in the world. If you can see it, you can be it.

  

  Ian Lawton
  • World
  • Hope
  • Future

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

  

  Damon Albarn Blur
  • Punk
  • Hippie
  • Grunge