If you listen to people talk when people actually talk, they talk in melodies. If they get angry, their voice rises, and it's more of a staccato thing. When they ask for something, they're real sweet. It's all music.

John Prine

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I listened to a lot of Michael Jackson growing up. A lot of Boyz II Men. I loved Mariah Carey. Just big vocalists. I was always that kid who just wore whatever and did whatever.

Justin Bieber

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George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.

Paul McCartney

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Songs like 'Radioactive' by Imagine Dragons, it might as well be called 'Pikachu Banana.' It's nothingness.

Matty Healy

RadioactiveImagine DragonsSongsNothingness

There are so many self-references - it's always me in the songs talking about being in the song, like a character in a film that knows he's a character in a film.

Matty Healy

SongsCharacterReferencesFilm

The goal is something that sounds like a cover.

Matty Healy

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