"Yeah [the band and music] is an escape. I find it painful to listen to music by other people now, though. I find it more relieving to play music myself and invent things. The more confusion there is, the more I just want to play. Even now, I just want to put on a pair of headphones and disappear. That’s the only thing that makes sense. The only thing that is mysterious to me is the music - what it is, where it came from, why it came, what it’s all about. It’s the only thing that gives me a sensation or feeling. I can get into a state that’s not normal. It’s a state of absolute peace and contentment."
— Matt Bellamy on music as an escape. [NME 30-9-2000] (via swiss-manson)
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