Dave Rowntree

“I'm sure the other three are just as bored with me as I am with them.”

“I can't imagine any of us on our own, with the possible exception of Damon, being a solo artist.”

“Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man. Landing is the first.”

“The Britpop thing was a media creation. We were just four blokes in a band making music.”

“Being a Labour councillor is not a glamorous job. There's a lot of casework and you're dealing with people's problems.”

“The music industry is a strange beast. It's not like any other business.”

“I was very much a late developer. I was a very chubby little boy. It's a miracle I got a girl to look at me.”

“Politics is show business for ugly people.”

“I'm a trained computer animator, that's what I do. I'm a nerd.”

“When we started Blur, we wanted to be the biggest band in the world.”