The Arcade Fire Quotes

#1. It's in that moment, when there's nothing, that you find out what you were willing to forgive, and what not. Too late for that, though. Too late.

Kate Wrath

#2. Of course, no lyrics are ever unintentional, but I think bands like Wolf Parade and the Arcade Fire have a tendency to touch on big themes without really following through on them or tying them in to a particular logic.

Dan Bejar

#3. Given the choice between trivial material brilliantly told versus profound material badly told, an audience will always choose the trivial told brilliantly.

Robert McKee

#4. I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

Shania Twain

#5. I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can do whatever the hell they please.

John Wayne

#6. I met Arcade Fire on their first record, 'Funeral.' I loved that record, and it was a record I was listening to while I wrote 'Where the Wild Things Are.' Those songs - especially 'Wake Up' and 'Neighbourhood' - there's a lot of that record that's about childhood.

Spike Jonze

#7. You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected.

Richard MacDonald

#8. My body is a cage that keeps me from dancing with the one I love, but my mind holds the key.

Arcade Fire

#9. The guy was sexy with a capital S-E-X-Y. Yes, that's right, all of his letters deserved to be capitalized.

R.S. Grey

#10. I'm a big Arcade Fire fan. I love the way they make records - 'Funeral' being my favorite.

Tom Odell

#11. Sometimes I just wonder.
Do we believe that God revolves around us?
Or, do we believe that we revolve around God?
These are staggering questions.

Brandon Andress

#12. For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.

Stephanie Perkins

#13. Your purpose of life is not to find a job, but to find what you love and do it with all your heart.

Debasish Mridha

#14. I like bands for a long time, even when they're not trendy anymore. I still like Arcade Fire. I've always liked Stevie Wonder.

Sia Furler

#15. One month I'll be completely obsessed with Bob Dylan and the next Arcade Fire. I like early Elton John and David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. I listen to a lot of American bands. But I like listening to new bands, too.

Tom Odell

#16. Arcade Fire has such intimacy and epic-ness, at the same time, and that's really inspiring.

Spike Jonze

#17. Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.

Bob Dylan

#18. I know that you know that I'm awesome, and that you know that I know that you're awesome!

Shreya Gunna

#19. I buy DVDs almost every week. I'm more of a film buff, so I usually buy more DVDs than CDs, but if I like someone's album, I will buy the CD of it.

Kimberley Nixon

#20. In darkness, be your own light.

Debasish Mridha

#21. GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other.

David Bowie

#22. If I could be anyone, I'd choose the lead singer of Arcade Fire, Win Butler.

Rob Kardashian

#23. Study whatever you were told very carefully. Make the best choices for the best brands and discard the rest.

Israelmore Ayivor

#24. I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don't think I gave them any advice. They survived that whole onslaught pretty well anyway without me.

David Byrne

#25. I'm trouble, but in a good way.

Amanda Seyfried