"Blur’s Damon Albarn seems most comfortable with the idea of being Clare Rayner for the afternoon...."

“Blur’s Damon Albarn appears most snug with the thought of being Clare Rayner for the afternoon. This isn’t suprising. A couple of minutes in his company and you already feel more relaxed than you've accomplished for weeks. Damon’s an incredible listener. Oh, and he’s obscenely good-looking. Principally, Damon is your sister’s mate’s brother in excelsis. Graham Coxon, Dave Rowntree and Alex James, the latter himself no Quasimodo, saunter into EMI’s plush central London workplaces behind him.”

- Melody Maker on Damon Albarn, 1994