Alex James - the laid-back one, the cool one, the one with the long haircut... He's been labeled as the cheese farmer, the man with a-lot-of-kids and is known as the one most of Blur gets on well with. Here are our top 15 favourite Alex James sayings.
- "The thing I really like about this band is that every time I walk out of my door I bump into Graham, no matter where I am! That always reassures me." - Alex.
- We're genre-sluts, really. We're all good players, and I don't see why we should have to confine ourselves into playing in one particular style. The Beatles never did. It's whatever floats the boat, really.
- I'd always wanted to be an idiot genius Soho alcoholic.
- "What you've got to do is look in your cupboard, see what's there, put it all in a big pot, sprinkle some grated cheese on top and bung it in the oven. That's what pop music is all about."
- “Damon? What can I say? He’s a confrontational… objectionable … big-headed…arrogant...beauty.” - On Albarn
- “All you need are three chords, a good haircut, and balls.” - on Fame
- Alex (To liam about the chart battle): "Both our fucking songs where shit anyway!"
- Graham thinks he can fly, Damon says he can fly, Dave's got an aeroplane, but I've got me feet on the ground.
- "We've always been too friendly, too clever and too good-looking for a lot of people." on Blur
- 'Watching football is like watching sex. It's good, but participating's much better'
- "You can't say that we're unemotional! Emotion is inherent in everything we do. Emotion isn't about standing on mountains going, "I'VE GOT A BROKEN HEART!" If you're going to sing about your heart, you might as well rhyme it with fart, as far as I'm concerned..."
- "From the start, my relationship with him was confrontational. He asked me how good his songs were and I said, "Not very good at all". Damon liked the theatre and Hermann Hesse. He wore sandals, had a collection of magic hats and followed the cycles of the moon."
- on Damon Albarn - "I only go out once or twice a week now. Monday to Wednesday and Thursday to Sunday."
- "Damon had just finished drama college and was working in a fast-food hellhole at Euston Station.It took me a while to get to know Damon, and I never really knew what he was thinking - unlike Graham, who, like me, just wanted to be down the pub."
- "Champagne gives you bad breath - so you have to eat one raw carrot per bottle".
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| Inside Alex James' head |
