Carl Barat wants a career like Damon Albarn.
The former Dirty Pretty Things frontman has launched a new band, The Jackals, and is currently preparing for a Libertines reunion show in London's Hyde Park later this summer, but sees no reason why his various projects can't co-exist.
He told NME magazine: "I'd rather take a leaf out of Damon's book. He's done a Blur reunion, he does Gorillaz, he does things that are genuine to him. If he bankrolls do that by doing the other thing, fine.
"I could go on tour tomorrow with The Libertines and that would be fun and games, we could write a new album, but it wouldn't take away from the fact that I've found people I really connect with. I want a future with these guys."
Carl recruited his new bandmates via open auditions in February and was determined not to let their dynamic be spoiled with "ego".
He said: "The thing I was watching out for was too tasty an ego. My biggest intention was for it to be the boys' band, not just me making an identikit of previous bands.
"The boys have all got something we can take further without punching each other in the f***ing face."

Angelina Jolie wants her daughters to be proud of themselves.
The 'Maleficent' actress - who raises children Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, seven, and five-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with fiancé Brad Pitt - thinks young women have too many opinions "forced" on them, so she wants her girls to develop their own individuality.
She said: "I think of my girls and I just want them to be proud of who they are and know who they are. There is so much being forced upon young people today about what they should be like.
"You see so much opinion being thrown at young people and everything they do gets sent out into the media and then gets rated. I would like for young girls to be able to find out who they each individually are and be really proud of it, no matter what comes their way."
The actress always tries to be a "better person", and though she can't understand people's negative opinions of her when she was younger, she hopes she is now a good role model.
She told Stylist magazine: "It's a funny thing. I have been in the public for so long, and people have opinions that I was darker or I was this or that.
"But I never hurt anybody or ever said anything cruel about anybody.
"I never intentionally did anything to impose myself on another person or hurt or shock.
"I just wanted to be very free and I was just growing up. I feel like I've always been the same person; I am my mother's daughter.
"But I'm trying every day, like everybody, to be a better mother and a better person. And any time I catch myself being less than I want to be, I want to stop and check myself.
"In doing so, if I have become a role model for any young women, I hope I'm a good one."

Kurt Cobain is like "Santa Claus" to his daughter.
Frances Bean Cobain was just a baby when her famous father committed suicide in 1994 and her mother Courtney Love says it is hard for the 21-year-old artist to hear other people's stories and memories of her dad because she has none herself.
Courtney said: "You have to put yourself in Franny's shoes when it comes to her father because she feels like she's related to Santa Claus. Like, everyone loves him but she says she retains no memory of Santa Claus.
"Whereas I can remember him, his laugh, what he was like in bed, and how he was with her."
Courtney - who, like her late spouse, has battled drug addiction - feels grateful her daughter is "sensible" and hopes she won't follow in her parents' footsteps.
She said: "The cool thing about Frances is that she knows she's related to two junkies.
"I mean, she might smoke pot, maybe, but she's sensible. I thank God she was never introduced to prescription drugs when she was grown up."
The Hole singer is incredibly proud of her daughter - who she was estranged from from 2009 until last year - though says her beauty "freaks her out".
She said: "We're great now, we live four doors down from each other in LA.
"She's an avid reader, she's read all the classics. And she's so beautiful, like, Angelina beautiful, a little too beautiful. It's freaking me out."
And Courtney approves of her daughter's engagement to The Eeries rocker Isaiah Silva.
She told Britain's Grazia magazine: "He looks like Kurt right? He's a saint because she's a handful and I've no idea where she gets that from."

Rupert Grint used to go out wearing an "animal mask".
The 'Postman Pat' actor - who shot to fame playing young wizard Ron Weasley in the 'Harry Potter' franchise - donned disguises so he could go out with friends and found it "amazing" to be unrecognised.
He said: "I've tried various different disguises, I used to go to V festival and other festivals and i would wear animal masks. It was amazing, I was completely invisible, it was great."
The 25-year-old actor is often greeted by groups of fans waiting for him when he arrives for interviews and other public appearances, but insists he will always find the attention "strange".
He said: "I don't get used to it, it's always a bit strange, it doesn't happen all the time, you get it now and again and it's strange."
Rupert has previously revealed he is often mistaken for 'Drunk' singer Ed Sheeran.
He said: ''[Do we get mixed up?] Yes of course, a lot. People get confused all the time. One time I was at this Formula One race and Leo Sayer was there. There was definitely a kind of confusion because he came up to me and said how much he liked my music.''

Lucy Mecklenburgh is fed up of people slamming the 'TOWIE' cast's looks on Twitter.
The reality star - who quit the show at Christmas to pursue her fitness ambitions - was glad to see her former castmate Ferne McCann sticking up for herself on the social network and defending her nose against mean tweets.
And Lucy revealed she can related to her because she has also been inundated with hurtful messages from Twitter trolls since getting her brunette locks chopped short.
She wrote in her new! magazine column: "Ferne had a rant on Twitter last week after getting fed up with people making comments about her nose. I think what she did was really brave - she could have just had a rose job but she hasn't! I know how she feels.
"I've been getting comments about my new short haircut all week, with some people saying I'm not good-looking any more and that I look like an old woman. I do laugh at it, but, like Ferne, sometimes you just get to a point where you've had enough. You've just got to learn to be happy with yourself."
The svelte star has been busy catching up with her old Essex pals at Billie Faiers' baby shower and although she cooed over the teeny clothes and toys with the rest of the girls, the experience didn't make her long for kids of her own.
Lucy joked: "I went to Billie's baby shower last week and it was lovely! ... It was so cute, but it didn't make me broody. It's lovely looking at all the clothes but I'm definitely not ready to think about that yet - and I need to find a man first!"

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West ended their rehearsal dinner with a seven-minute fireworks display on Friday night (23.05.14). The couple were joined by 600 guests at the Palace of Versailles, 12 miles outside Paris, for a private guided tour and lavish...

Cara Delevingne and Michelle Rodriguez are set to reunite this weekend.
The British supermodel, who sparked rumours she had split from the 'Fast and the Furious' actress when she attended her sister Poppy Delevingne's wedding to James Cook in London alone last Friday (16.05.14), is reportedly bringing the brunette beauty as her date to the couple's second celebration in Marrakesh, Morocco.
An insider told the MailOnline: "It's galling that everyone keeps saying that Cara and Michelle have split, they've very much together.
"Michelle is definitely coming and heaps of others too, it's going to be stunning."
Sources previously suggested Cara, 21, had dumped Michelle, 35, because of their busy schedules.
One friend said: "Cara and Michelle have really cooled things in the past month and haven't seen each other in a while.
"For Cara to go to the wedding alone was a big statement - she and Michelle were rarely apart early this year but are now taking a break."
The couple started dating in January, but Michelle previously insisted their romance wasn't serious.
She said: "We're just having fun.
"It's going really well. She's so cool. When we started hanging out I just thought she was awesome, and we have the best time together. She's hard though. You wouldn't want to mess with her in a fight."

Keira Knightley admits she has "chilled out an awful lot" in recent years.
The British actress, who shot to fame in 'Bend It Like Beckham' when she was 18, says playing troubled characters in movies like 'Anna Karenina' took a toll on her, but she has finally learned how to relax off set.
She said: "In each of my [recent] films, I either died or was subjected to a new situation that was more horrific than the last.
"I was spending so much time being neurotic and beating myself up. [Eventually I realised I] might get further by just going, 'Oh f**k it.' "
Keira, who married The Klaxons rocker James Righton in front of just 11 friends and family members in France in May 2013, signed up for her upcoming feel-good film, 'Begin Again,' as she "wanted more positive vibrations."
Despite her huge success, the 29-year-old beauty only recent made peace with her decision to be an actress.
She told the digital June edition of Modern Luxury's Beach magazine: "For a long time, I had trouble saying I was an actress, but today I can. I'm still just as stressed out when I start a film shoot, and I'm not happy with everything that I do - far from it. But with time and each new film, I continue to learn, unlearn and learn again, and therefore I build who I am."
The 'Pirates of Caribbean' star is determined to maintain a private life and explained why she quit Twitter after just 12 hours.
She said: "It made me feel a little bit like being in a school playground and not being popular. I like being private."

Robert Pattinson claims he is "so bad" at auditioning.
The 'Twilight Saga' actor - who recently admitted he doesn't know if he has an audience outside the popular franchise - was afraid he wouldn't get the lead role in his upcoming drama, 'The Rover,' because he still gets nervous in front of casting directors.
The 27-year-old British star said: "I'm so bad at auditioning and I was terrified that I wasn't going to get it."
Despite his high profile and huge success, producers made Robert fight for the role in the Australian film, which tells the story of a ruthless ex-soldier who tracks down the men who stole his only valuable possession, alongside Guy Pearce.
He told 'ET Canada' at the Cannes International Film Festival: "I really, really fought for it."
Once he landed the role, the heartthrob relaxed.
He explained: "It's a character that doesn't really have any constraints, it's not really specified where he's from or what his desires are, or really what his mental state is, and I felt really relaxed doing it because you could just do whatever you wanted basically."
Robert says the movie helped boost his confidence.
He explained: "I felt for a second that I kind of knew what I was doing a little bit. Because I just sort of fell into acting, I've never really felt like that before."

Valentino Garavani served Kim Kardashian a "diet" wedding cake.
The fashion designer, 82, hosted an intimate brunch for the 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star and fiancé Kanye West at his 17th century estate, Château de Wideville, outside Paris on Friday (23.05.14) and was eager not to sabotage the brunette beauty's slim figure after she lost 55 pounds ahead of their wedding in Florence, Italy later today (24.05.14).
Writing on Vogue.com, editor André Leon Talley, who was among the 20 guests at the emotional gathering, revealed that Valentino gave the couple a sugar-free cake made with green apples and strawberries, decorated with hearts and the words 'Kanye and Kim.'
He also said: "This is my dietetic cake."
But Kim, who previously revealed she was working out daily and following the Atkins diet to get back in shape after giving birth to her 11-month-old daughter North, clearly wasn't upset about the dessert, as she said: "There's nothing better than sharing a great moment with people you love, it becomes a special memory."
The acclaimed couturier also gave a speech, thanking Kim's mother, Kris Jenner, and said: "I would love to toast these two beautiful people here before me. And I also want to thank Kris Jenner for having these beautiful girls. These girls make my dining room even more beautiful."
Raising a toast to the reality TV star and the rapper, he added: "I wish you much success, a lot of love, and a long life."
Kris also shared her joy ahead of the wedding, saying: "I first want to toast Kim and Kanye, who love each other, and I say for all of us, this is the most beautiful place we've ever been."
The brunch was captured on film by Kanye's personal videographer and photographer.

Pink has sparked more rumours she is pregnant again.
The 'Just Give Me A Reason' hitmaker, who already has two-year-old daughter Willow with husband Carey Hart, further fuelled speculation she is expecting their second child today (23.05.14), as she appeared to reveal her pregnancy cravings on Twitter.
The 34-year-old star tweeted: "I love that every time I find a box of Girl Scout cookies I'm pregnant. Guilty: I'm having a thin mint:)"
The singer's mysterious comments come shortly after her husband was spotted rubbing her stomach in New York City last month.
An eyewitness previously said: "They were cuddling and he kept rubbing her tummy. She was quick to move his hand away in case anyone saw. But it was pretty obvious."
The 'So What' hitmaker - whose real name is Alecia Hart - admitted last year she is desperate to extend her family because she thinks motherhood is the "best thing".
She said: "I want a basketball team [of kids]. It's [motherhood is] the best thing I've done.
"In 10 years I'll have an 11 year old and an eight year old and a five year old and a three year old and a six month old and 18 dogs, a horse and a pig."
Pink and Carey began dating in 2001, before getting engaged in 2005 after she proposed to the hunk during a motocross race in California.
The couple got married a year later in Costa Rica on January 7, 2006.

Diane Keaton says Morgan Freeman is a great kisser.
The 'Life Itself' actress, who is currently single and has adopted children Duke, 13, and Dexter, 18, admits she really enjoyed shooting romantic scenes with her co-star on the set of their upcoming drama.
The 68-year-old Oscar-winning star said: "His lips were just so luscious. You just put your lips up against him, and you just squeezed in, and it felt gooey and good. So I liked that."
Diane, who previously dated Warren Beatty, Woody Allen and Jack Nicholson, hopes to lock lips with lots more Hollywood heartthrobs in the future, including Bradley Cooper and comedian Louis C.K.
She said: "What I've decided is that I would like as my goal in life is to be the woman in films who has had the most kisses with men on film, and I'm thinking that maybe 50 is what I'm going for."
She jokingly added: "Louis C.K. - that's the one I want right now."
Diane has kissed 18 of her co-stars onscreen throughout her career to date, but was surprised to discover Michael Douglas, who is married to Catherine Zeta-Jones, had an aggressive tongue when they were filming their upcoming movie, 'And So It Goes,' recently.
She told 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show': "What was exciting about him he was sort of like a pit bull. He kind of attacked me...I was acting sort of cautious, but in my heart of hearts, I felt the same about him and I wanted to just get right with it.
"So it worked out very well for the scene, but I enjoyed it."
Asked if she'd ever kissed him before, she said: "No, never. Never even touched Michael. Never met him."