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.

I liked Germany; I'm not into Berlin, it's too huge and empty and imposing, but Munich was good.

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.

When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead.

There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.

I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

My hobby is my job. it's a jobby!

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.

Most of America don't even listen to music probably. They just go raccoon hunting or something.

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

I've always looked at shoes as being immensely beautiful things.

The biggest form of witchcraft is denying someone information.

The sense of your own experience will grow along with your confidence.

He returns my smile. His teeth are beautiful, the loveliest I've seen so far on these streets.

But if I could go back in time, I wouldn't do a single thing differently. What if all those things I did were the things that got me here?

What a pity that 'nothingness' has been devalued by an abuse of it made by philosophers unworthy of it!

Heart of my heart, were it more, More would be laid at your feet.

We must not sit down and wait for miracles. Up and be going!

This was the last thing I expected. You destroy my life and then feed me some inspiratonal philosophy.

If you accept the idea that photographers, or some of them, are actually artists, then you have to look at their work less as a document of something than as a personal vision of the world.

It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can't explain.