Matty Healy

“I'm always just listening to old emo, really, let's be honest.”

“I don't know what it's like to be oppressed.”

“If you look back in the past and you go, 'oh that was cool and people really liked it; let's dress and sound like that,' that's cosplay.”

“It's exhausting to be me.”

“I describe my band as a punk band.”

“I'm not scared of anything. And I'm not hiding anything.”

“If fidelity really mattered, 'Loveless' wouldn't be one of the best records of all time.”

“The only thing I have the ability to do is make positive things. That's what I'm trying to put my energy into.”

“I wouldn't go to America if I thought Americans were representative of their government.”

“I know that I'm not as smart as I think I am.”

“Is There Somebody Who Can Watch You' is very special to me, but I think that's because it's about me leaving my little brother.”

“There's a real earnestness to country music that I appreciate.”

“I think The 1975 getting on a commercial plane to go to a country to try and spread a positive message is not going to be the reason that the world sets on fire.”

“I believe that if you are a young person and you're not representative of your government - if you're a left-leaning person in an oppressive place - the only common understanding you're going to get is through art and culture.”

“Comedy just reveals the truth in a way where you can't help but laugh; someone says the wrong thing, and you laugh at it because you know what the right thing is.”

“It's a tough pill to swallow, but if I was going to stand for something as an artist, and every time that had consequences I decided not to do it, that'd be pointless.”

“I've been writing about my life and my ideas since before I was even an adult! So you know, if you ask a gymnast who's been doing it since they're two, 'How did you do that?' They're like, 'I don't really know. I don't think about it.' That's me!”

“People often think I'm expressing my opinion on things with my lyrics, but I'm really just asking questions and pointing toward things.”

“I love Vetements, but I tend not to wear on stage 'cause the sleeves are too long and I can't play the guitar.”

“That's my duty. Just make powerful art.”