Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world.

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

I used to be younger than my producers but now I'm older than my producers and I think that works for me, that works better cause you get a good kick up the ... everyday.

And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive

No, every album is something like a snapshot. It only shows one moment in time. It shows what we feel and think right at that point in time, nothing more and nothing less

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

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.