Matthew Bellamy Quotes & Sayings

When I left I got an award for being the latest person in the history of the school. If you got three late marks for being over fifteen minutes late you'd get an after school detention. I got something like 257 marks. And I only lived about ten minutes away. — Matthew Bellamy

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.
... I don't believe in heaven or hell, I don't really believe in that version. — Matthew Bellamy

I think the way I am on stage is probably who I really am. Everything else is a persona. [] It's an unedited version of who you are. For me there's something pure about that — Matthew Bellamy

The best band in the world is Queen, definitely. — Matthew Bellamy

G'deveingReadingfestival! — Matthew Bellamy

I thought I was a fool for no one;
But ooh baby I'm a fool for you;
You're the queen of the superficial;
how long before you tell the truth? — Matthew Bellamy

Are you afraid to die?
'Cause it scares the hell outta me,
And the end is all I can see,
And it scares the hell outta me,
That the end is all I can see. — Matthew Bellamy

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. — Matthew Bellamy

Everything about you is how I wanna be;
Your freedom comes naturally;
Everything about you resonates happiness;
Now I won't settle for less ... — Matthew Bellamy

There's something in music which is obviously beyond language itself. It's communication in its purest form. — Matthew Bellamy

And you will suck the life out of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
And our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this? — Matthew Bellamy

To have your heart in pieces while every other aspect of your life couldn't go better is a traumatic experience. In appearance, life is fine. But as you put your day in focus, everything turns grey. What happened made me realise that complete, absolute happiness doesn't exist. — Matthew Bellamy

I try to play squash but I keep running into the walls. — Matthew Bellamy

I prefer music that invents a universe. — Matthew Bellamy

I want to reconcile the violence in your heart.
I want to recognize your beauty's not just a mask.
I want to exorcise the demons from your past.
I want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart. — Matthew Bellamy