July 10, 2025

15 Things You Wish You'd Heard Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett Say- Quotes

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, two halves of chart-topping band Gorillaz, have known each other for a little over 20 years. Hewlett Damon met Jamie, an artist that was best known at the time for his series 'Tank Girl', when they shared a house. They also share many entertaining quotes and have said many things about each other throughout the years.  


These quotes offer a glimpse into the dynamic between Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, as well as their collaborative process in creating Gorillaz's unique and influential music.Take a look at some of these below. 

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"We've been through too much together for it to be that big of a mountain to climb. We've just fallen out like mates do sometimes. I'm not the only person to fall out with mates and then make up again – everyone does it." - Damon on their falling out (2012)

 We’ve lived in each other’s pockets for the last 13 years: we shared an apartment, our kids have grown up together, we’ve been inseparable for a long time"  Jamie Hewlett (2012)

"There's some kind of simian connection. We have a kind of money madness". - Jamie, Vanity Fair (August 2013) 

“ You’re very lucky if you meet a partner like that to work with, he instilled a lot of humour and perspective for me."— Damon Albarn on Jamie Hewlett | Damon and Jamie’s Excellent Adventure 

 Jamie cured me of all my rock star pretensions. He’s just fucking brilliantly funny and doesn’t give a shit about anything like that, you know. And that rubbed off on me in the end, and I became a happier person for it, because I was never really comfortable being like that. As you can see now. I hope."- Damon Albarn on Jamie Hewlett, Q (2007)

“ What kind of person is Damon in your eyes? “He’s a lovely sunny boy." — Jamie Hewlett on Damon Albarn (2005)

"What blew me away, and I’ve done a lot of festivals in my time, was the response to the new material. It was great. Best reception I’ve ever experienced in America in 20 years." — Damon Albarn

"I’d love to say yes. We just rehearsed it. It’s a lot of rehearsal that goes into it. We did a little tour with just the band, really small venues in England in the back of a van, just so we could grind through the repetition of getting that." — Damon Albarn

"So I thought we did pretty well considering. It could’ve been a lot worse, put it that way." — Damon Albarn

"Well you know just because they’re your heroes there’s no guarantee that it’s going to work when you actually go into the studio. It’s not guaranteed. And there’s a lot of people who we’ve asked who haven’t done it." — Damon Albarn

"It’s quite frightening to get into that moment where you haven’t actually seen what it is. And we weren’t sure what it was, and then we were really sure what it was." — Damon Albarn

"I remember, sorry. Yeah, thank you. I said 'I'm going, 'cos we got to work in the morning and I'm a really good boy.' And you said, deeper voice 'No. I'm staying here.'" – Jamie Hewlett​​.

"Well there’s nothing like Glastonbury, Glastonbury’s just a stormy mess." – Jamie Hewlett​​.

"We’re more at the point now where Gorillaz is well known enough that maybe we can be a little bit cheeky." – Jamie Hewlett​​.

"He starts making songs, and I start thinking. And then he said to me, probably about three weeks after we started, 'I wanna call it Plastic Beach.' And that was the sort of catalyst for everything." – Jamie Hewlett​​.


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