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" I always go for walks in the countryside. "
Matt Bellamy
Always
Countryside
Go
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" I don't think our records contain obvious humour. We're not cracking gags. "
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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. "
Matt Bellamy
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Love
Strength
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Rock
Age
Change
" The guitar has become a textural instrument rather than a lead instrument. And I think that's probably a good thing. "
Matt Bellamy
Become
Good
Guitar
" I love Tom Waits because he's an artist who makes me not afraid to get old, and that's rare. I think it's a rare kind of thing to have that level of wisdom. And his lyrics are just astounding; everything in life is inside his lyrics. "
Matt Bellamy
Wisdom
Artist
Life
" In the long term, artificial intelligence and automation are going to be taking over so much of what gives humans a feeling of purpose. "
Matt Bellamy
Purpose
Long
Intelligence
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Dark
Kind
Music
" Bands in the Nineties seem to forget the entertainment aspect of rock music. "
Matt Bellamy
Music
Entertainment
Rock
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Down
Go
Me
" I'm a songwriter; it's in my nature to express things openly. "
Matt Bellamy
Nature
Things
Songwriter
" 'Uprising' was requested by so many politicians in America for use in their rallies, and we turned them down on a regular basis. "
Matt Bellamy
Turned
Down
Many
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Music
Soul
You
" I've got my interests and my life experiences as I'm putting lyrics together. And if you start looking at patterns, you start thinking, 'Well, what am I really singing about here?' A lot of it seems to be a battle for some freedom against oppressive forces. That seems to be a theme in a lot of the albums I've done. "
Matt Bellamy
Thinking
Freedom
Life
" In the U.S., the conspiracy theory subculture has been hijacked by the Right to try to take down people like Obama and put forward rightwing libertarianism. "
Matt Bellamy
Conspiracy
Down
Forward
" A guitar being played by an actual person is never going to be as precise and perfect as a programmed synthesizer. But we maintain there is value in the potential for human error. "
Matt Bellamy
Perfect
Guitar
Never
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Done
Story
Now
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Back
Everyone
Gambling
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Think
Reflection
Life
" For the first time in evolution as a species, we're hitting an energy ceiling. "
Matt Bellamy
First Time
Time
Energy
" Being an atheist means you have to realise that when you die, that really is it. You've got to make the most of what you've got here and spread as much influence as you can. I believe that you only live through the influence that you spread, whether that means having a kid or making music. "
Matt Bellamy
Live
Believe
Influence
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Away
Think
Intelligence
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Empathy
Hope
People
" You have to evolve. Stagnation breeds boredom. "
Matt Bellamy
Breeds
Evolve
Stagnation
" The best band in the world is Queen, definitely. "
Matt Bellamy
Best
Queen
Definitely
" 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. "
Matt Bellamy
Down
Thinking
Struggle
" There's always been a slight twinge of some classical elements in our music. "
Matt Bellamy
Some
Elements
Music
" I was going out dancing in clubs around New York, and that helped create 'Supermassive Black Hole.' Franz Ferdinand would have done it very well with that dance-type beat going on mixed with alternative guitar, and I've always wanted to find that. "
Matt Bellamy
Dancing
Black
Create
" I've spent important times of my life in Spain and Greece, and various deep things happened there - falling in love, stuff like that. "
Matt Bellamy
Important
Love
Deep
" 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!' "
Matt Bellamy
Death
Life
Sorrow
" As a rock band, you're slightly one foot in the past, playing instruments like guitar, bass and drums. "
Matt Bellamy
Band
You
Rock