#the interview itself is transcribed on Musewiki but only this main Q&A is there + the scans aren't

[sunburnacoustic]

Q: If there’s a colour for sex, what would it be?

Matt Bellamy: (Pause) Well it’s got to be red hasn’t it, surely? Blue’s a bit too boring.

Yeah mate? You were saying?

[sunburnacoustic]

How does it feel to be the biggest little man in music? Andrew, 21, Koolewong, NSW

Matt: (Laughs) It’s quite good. With the guitar on stage you get to feel quite: “Hey man, I’m not too bad after all! I’m only 5'7" but I can play some good riffs so it’s all right. Everything’s okay.” (Can’t stop laughing)

[Matt Bellamy, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007 ]

(The questions for this interview were all sent in by fans)

[sunburnacoustic]

Well…I’m glad I don’t try [fisticuffs] because Chris would probably take my head off with one hit. We’ve had a few chairs thrown around a lot of drum kits being smashed. I think me and Chris both attacked Dom and his drum kit a few times‚ but with friendly intentions!

Muse, chaos and destruction | Matt Bellamy, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007

[sunburnacoustic]

Is the Paul McCartney song ‘Mr Bellamy’ written about you? (It depicts a delusional ‘Mr Bellamy’ sitting on a roof and refusing to come down.) Marty, 26, Hawthorn, Vic

I don’t think so! I’ll check it out. I seriously doubt it’s about me but… I’d be very surprised if it was, that would be a funny situation.

[Matt Bellamy, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007 ]

(The questions for this interview were all sent in by fans)

[sunburnacoustic]

I’ve just always fancied something and gone, “I can’t believe no one thought of that before.” I had this effects unit I was using, the XY controller, and I thought, well, why don’t I just stick it in the guitar? Luckily I’ve got a friend who makes guitars, so I said, “Can you stick this in the guitar for me?” and he worked on it for a while. It took us a couple of goes to get it right but it was quite decent. So it’s just a case of imagining something and having a mate who can build it. So a lot is custom made, not personally by me but invented by me, if you like.

Matt on the XY synth pad (Kaoss Pad) on his guitars, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007 ]

(The questions for this interview were all sent in by fans)

"Everyone’s is impressed by the XY synth pad on your guitar in ‘Invincible’. Do you do all the work on your guitars yourself?" Dan, 19, Armidale, NSW

[sunburnacoustic]

Dad introduced me to music when I was very young, and played me a lot of ’50s and ’60s records that I probably would never have heard if it wasn’t for him. I definitely got that more sci-fi… well, not sci-fi, but I guess what people like to call the more “spacey” sound from his band. The band he was in before the Tornadoes did this song called ‘Telstar’ – that song was the most well known. [The instrumental, named after a satellite, was the first British song to hit No.1 in the US.] For the ’50s it did sound very futuristic, and very kind of spacey, so that element of the band definitely came from him.

Matt Bellamy on the influence his father had on his music | Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007

(The questions for this interview were all sent in by fans)

How did your father’s band (the Tornadoes) influence you as a musician? —Jervis, 18, Mornington, Vic.

[sunburnacoustic]

It’s something I’d like to when I’m older, too old to tour or something. So maybe in about 10 years when I’m slowing down a bit and I’ve got tennis elbow – tennis everything! – I’ll start producing records instead. [Matt had mild tennis elbow from playing squash when this interview was conducted]

—Matt Bellamy on producing in the studio, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007. The band would go on to self-produce their next two albums, and continue to mostly self-produce all of Muse's work.

(The questions for this interview were all sent in by fans)

[sunburnacoustic]

I’m easy to work with people who know me, but with strangers I’m quite difficult. Just because there are ways I’m used to doing things: it’s probably the disadvantage of being in a band for so long, you become very connected together and have certain ways of working. I’ve noticed that when you bring other people in the equation they can misinterpret the way you are as being very aggressive or very forward. But when you’re working with your own bandmates you’re used to dealing that way.

—Matt Bellamy, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007 ]

[sunburnacoustic]

"I’ve got no idea where this came from! I think someone stuck it on the internet for a joke and everyone believed it; it’s completely false. I’ve never played with them or met them. I wish I did – I would’ve loved to have supported them; ideally on the same bus as well."

—Matt Bellamy, on the rumour that Muse once supported Spice Girls, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007

(The questions for this interview were all sent in by fans)