Blur have never wanted to be the "biggest band in the world".
The ‘Girls and Boys’ hitmakers – who released their first album since 2003, ‘The Magic Whip’, earlier this year – think they have been able to continue working together for so long because they never experienced enough success to become "weird".
Frontman Damon Albarn said: "We never became so big and bloated that something weird happened.
"We’ve always maintained our relationship. I don’t think we’ve ever really been motivated by being the biggest band in the world."
The quartet – Damon, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree – think life on the road is much more chilled out now than the early days of their career, over 20 years ago.
Graham told GQ magazine: "I wouldn’t say everyone has grown up a lot, but everyone is more laid-back about things. We don’t feel too much under pressure."
Alex recently admitted he is interested in making a new Blur album.
He said: "Oof give it a while. I’m up for it but … That relationship we have of being able to make music together so easily, that’s been there right since our first rehearsal that we wrote our first single at, is a really nice thing to be able to tap into."
Blur didn’t want to be the biggest band in the world
