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

Bellamy: "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."

Bellamy: "I never understood bands who were only influenced by a narrow era of, say, five years of music."

Bellamy: "In the long term, artificial intelligence and automation are going to be taking over so much of what gives humans a feeling of purpose."

Bellamy: "You have to evolve. Stagnation breeds boredom."

Bellamy: "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."

Bellamy: "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!'"

Bellamy: "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."

Bellamy: "I can understand why people are bad."

Bellamy: "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."

Bellamy: "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."

Bellamy: "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."

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