Quotes from Wayne Coyne

With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.

Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasn't sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad.

Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.

Anyway, Cat Stevens is never going to make much money out of us.

I wish I did believe in God. It would be a great relief to think, 'God'll take care of it. God'll put gas in the car tomorrow'.

I think it's probably a good thing to be considered stable, but with a capacity for madness.

I knew she was from Australia and I knew that is where she started but I didn't know if she was still popular there. I hope people understand we aren't making fun of Kylie.

People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.

When we started there was this element of these experiments we were doing where we weren't really sure how the music would play out because the music was all on different players.

Most music that you hear is in synch with itself. We were experimenting with the music falling out of synch with itself and even though it is out of synch you mind can still understand what it is meant to be doing.

Music is amazing. There's some metaphysical comfort where it allows you to be isolated and alone while telling you that you are not alone... truly, the only cure for sadness is to share it with someone else.

Everything that you do in your life that helps you sweat is good for you. Whenever you're sweating, you're adding to your potential to enjoy the day or enjoy the moment or enjoy your life.

Being around people who are happy and people who are creative, that's what you do if you're lucky in your life.

Music has the power to transcend your physical being and take you up. Because music has a metaphysical quality it really makes your life beautiful.

Everything that you do in your life that helps you sweat is good for you.

Life is worth celebrating and worth living even though we're all headed to the same hole at the end of the day.

I want people to be ecstatic but to cry at the same time.

Sometimes the song title comes with the songs, other times you just sorta make something up afterwards.

I'm pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time.

I stopped caring so much about what people might think if I sung about love and humanity.

We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.

I know that is absolutely true for people when they are young - you don't want to be alive if the things that you love in your life aren't there.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.