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It's the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam.
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Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour.
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Like, Mission Of Burma to me always sounded almost like they were part of the British Arty New Wave. I kind of like that. I like not being able to tell the difference.
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It's a bit loose and the people in my group have got other groups. They don't have to have a total allegiance to me. I think that's really a bit weird and showing some weird insecurity.
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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.
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The older I get, the more interesting I find lawyers and accountants.
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I think I would much rather push the boundaries of the degradation that the characters face.
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My hobby is my job. it's a jobby!
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Jack Daniels makes us all puke.
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I liked Germany; I'm not into Berlin, it's too huge and empty and imposing, but Munich was good.
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I'd always wanted to be an idiot genius Soho alcoholic.
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I think it's better if blokes can admit that they can have crushes on other blokes. I've probably had crushes but never really sexual crushes on men.
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There's always been a hip-hop element to my trousers.
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You know Manchester is always a bit of a hard place for people coming from London, just with all the history. Manchester has this immensely huge and healthy history musically.
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It's mostly Mars Bars and peanuts and cheese and you go to the fridge and there's Red Bull and Beer. It's not like people are holding me down and pouring beer in my face.
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I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer.
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If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge.
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The thing I really like about this band is that every time I walk out of my door I bump into Graham, no matter where I am! That always reassures me.
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It's the clothes that influence the music I'm going to play.
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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 different. It was a much more emotional affair. I wasn't necessarily thinking in the third-person then.
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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 cartoons.
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What you've got to do is look in your cupboard, see what's there, put it all in a big pot, sprinkle some grated cheese on top and bung it in the oven. That's what pop music is all about.
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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 even if we got rid of them, they were replaced by exactly the same guys.
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I'm still amazed by the process of recording.