Matty Healy

After reading someone you love, wait at least an hour before starting to write

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After reading someone you love, wait at least an hour before starting to write

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I just have a lot of ideas and very little attention span.

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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.

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I'm at my best when I'm at my funniest and most observational comedy is topical. But anything forced, it stings or reads as insincere.

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Even here in America, there's loads of states which uphold illiberal laws that restrict people's bodily autonomy and gender expression.

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If you truly believe that artists have a responsibility to uphold their liberal virtues by using their massive platforms, then those artists should be judged by the danger and inconvenience that they face for doing so, not by the rewards they receive for parroting consensus.

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Ambient music is my favorite art form because there's no interface. It just commands you how to feel. There's no suggestion of lyrics or visuals, it just tells you, in its own abstract way. You feel it, and it moves you.

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I've always got an excuse to be inspired by somewhere, so I always spend a lot of time wandering around new places, in my own world. I just like people watching.

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I don't like time-stamping my work too much. If you're putting it too much in the zeitgeist, then you can't get away from it.

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Quotes by Matty Healy