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

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 life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much.

More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.

The things that make me happy most are my family and working.

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.

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.

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