“I think, for me, not to get too dark, my self-worth is very much wrapp...” — Matty Healy Quote

“I think, for me, not to get too dark, my self-worth is very much wrapped up in my ability to be a good artist. And I think I'm constantly up against myself more than I'm up against anybody else. I think that keeps me quite driven.”

“Shawn Mendes, Harry Styles, whatever. They're great pop stars, but they - on purpose - don't say anything. They purposefully don't stand for things apart from you know, 'Oh, masculinity: no.' Or 'racism: no' - d'you know what I mean?”

“If you truly believe that artists have a responsibility to uphold their liberal virtues by using their massive platforms, then those artists should be judged by the danger and inconvenience that they face for doing so, not by the rewards they receive for parroting consensus.”

“The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.”

“I just take work a day at a time and hope that people believe in you and your ability, even if you don't quite believe in it yourself.”

“All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it. You just need to pay attention to it and gain experience over the years.”