i liked this

Matt Bellamy on the influence travelling (touring) had on his songwriting:

"...I think completely, yeah. Because I think the process of writing is sort of amplified in a situation of transit, you know? Whenever you're moving from one situation to another situation, whether it be moving from just a country to another country, or moving from being one person to a new person, the process of change is what causes the need to want to write something. Its like wanting to document that change, yeah? And thats because when you feel yourself changing you feel that loss of self. The fact that all the things like your friends, your family, your job, your money are actually just superfluous, they don't have any relevance to who we are, in my opinion. I think those things can change at any time and we can just adapt to that change. For me the only thing that stays the same is something deeper down than that, and thats the thing that I use to write music with. And when i notice those things around the surface changing, i sort of feel myself wanting to become in touch with something that doesnt change, and that is something much more simple than any of those other things..."