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" Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music. "

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" You have to evolve. Stagnation breeds boredom. "

" The universe, in a big bang mode, is still expanding, which means it's cooling down, and evolution seems to be going against this; we're almost battling it. That led me on to a more creative, philosophical way of thinking, which is what led into influencing some of the songs, which is, maybe this is what our struggle is. "

" As a rock band, you're slightly one foot in the past, playing instruments like guitar, bass and drums. "

" Empathy seems to be seen as a weakness. We condition people to withdraw it to succeed. But really, it needs to be re-seen as a strength again if there is to be any kind of hope in the world. "

" Playing to a stadium is not for everyone because you are essentially gambling, big-time. You have to go all in on production. You can't hold back. "

" Rachmaninov has some kind of weird dark edge to his music which I don't think I've heard with any other kind of music before. "

" 'Uprising' was requested by so many politicians in America for use in their rallies, and we turned them down on a regular basis. "

" I used to do a lot of ouija boards, and I asked if there was life after death. Some spirit replied, 'He who seeketh knowledge seeketh sorrow!' "

" I have been lucky to experience a lot of the spoils that can happen in a rock band. But being with the three guys in this band from such a young age, we aren't going to let any of the spoils change us. "

" I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly. "

" I always go for walks in the countryside. "

" People like Nick Cave - that ridiculous, over-the-top doom, taking it to extremes - I find it uplifting because it's like someone else is feeling what you're feeling and putting it into their music. Someone expressing extreme joy is just as valuable; it's just the fact that they're expressing their soul through music. "

" Apple, iTunes, and streaming services have made the single a more easy thing to access. What that's done has made the album as a collection of songs almost meaningless. But an album that has a concept or story or reason to be an album, if anything, has more meaning now than it ever has. "

" I used to go and see bands like the Orb and Orbital every time they came down, and I've seen Aphex Twin a couple of times. I was really into all that stuff, but it didn't speak to me. "

" I don't think our records contain obvious humour. We're not cracking gags. "

" Introverts probably have a higher degree of sensitivity to outside stimulus and tend to back off. In your quiet shyness as a child, you end up with an accumulation of thoughts and ideas, building up big, imaginative worlds. You have to get it all out somehow, so it goes into your work. "

" Opera can be exceptionally moving but can also be pompous. "

" When I think about my teenage years, when my parents broke up, and feeling alone and being out of control and having to survive... And then other times when you've had to find your own way... that's always been a dominant theme in what I've done. "

" Being from a small town, no one else was going to breathe life into my ideas other than me, so I had to go out there and do it. "

" I think that's what a lot of writers do, create a totally fantastical scenario that is a reflection of something else going on in their life. "

" When I dabble in watching the news and reading about current events, I tend to get a future negative view, and that's something I've dealt with through music. It's quite possible I'm slightly paranoid. But I'd say making music is an expression of feelings of helplessness and lack of control that I think a lot of people can relate to. "

" Money and success haven't really changed my beliefs or opinions over the years. When I was growing up, my mum and dad split when I was 13 or 14, during the early-Nineties recession. At that time, my dad went bankrupt, and it played a huge part in it all at home. "

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" I do think if all politicians were women, the world would be a better place. "

" The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument. And I think that's probably a good thing. "

" I can understand why people are bad. "

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" This inner strength we have, this desire to evolve and expand and explore, I do love that about humanity. At the same time, it's scary what it does on a global scale. I'm very much caught between the two. "

" I think we have a lot in common with classical composers of the 19th century, although I'm not claiming to have their intelligence. They wanted to create a musical explosion, to blow the crowd away. "