Damon Albarn

With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing read more

With Africa, we're talking about a nation battling through immense poverty and he can't quite get it together to sing a song. On that day he just seemed like an odd image

I can't really make another Blur record that's a big landscape sort of thing, due to my very basic guitar read more

I can't really make another Blur record that's a big landscape sort of thing, due to my very basic guitar ability, ... I want to sing and play so it has to be three chords. I can only do three chords and not look at the guitar.

On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I read more

On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I think he liked being punched.

We intend to do a massive world tour with Demon Days, but I won't be involved with it. It'll be read more

We intend to do a massive world tour with Demon Days, but I won't be involved with it. It'll be all animation and big sound systems and stuff.

It's a great tune, it's going to freak out DJs and programmers, ... There will be edits, I'm sure. If read more

It's a great tune, it's going to freak out DJs and programmers, ... There will be edits, I'm sure. If it was the first single out, it wouldn't have got played but seeing as it's the third single, hopefully everyone's bought the album, there's an acceptance that people like this and that's the way you have to play it. And that's the way to do it. Even with 'Feel Good,' American [radio] wanted a whole bunch of edits, but now that it's a massive hit, they've forgotten all those discussions.