Snow Patrol Quotes

United Kingdom,
1994

Snow Patrol are a rock band from Northern Ireland, formed in Dundee, Scotland in 1994, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Quinn (drums), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, backing vocals). Initially an indie rock band, the band rose to prominence in the early-mid 2000s as part of the post-Britpop movement.

I think I write honestly about what goes on in a guy’s mind, and girls are interested in that. As a sex, we’re not the best communicators when it comes to talking to the women in our lives. I know I’m not – but I’m much better when I have a pen and paper in my hand.

Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol
We’re not an angsty band at all, so we’re not actively looking for that sound.

Nathan Connolly Snow Patrol
- Band
- Sound
- Looking

Gary Lightbody
Ireland
Music
Life
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I wrote an album about being in love. I don't think it's possible to write an album while you're in love - why on earth would you bother? I mean, Christ. If you're in there writing songs about someone rather than just being with them and kissing their every molecule, surely the person that you're with must be asking some questions as well.

Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol
I had a lot of songs and words and scenes stuck inside of me. So Jacknife encouraged me to bring them all out. So, in essence, 'You and Others' is my diary.

Johnny McDaid Snow Patrol
- Songs
- Stuck
- Diary
I'm not saying there's not darkness in there still, but it's happening from outward factors more than inward. Maybe things are terrifying, but they're beautiful, too. The world is extremely surprising.

Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol
I guess it’s easy to label it as that. Some bands do start side projects while they know it’s not going to go any further. But this is something we’re looking at on long term.

Nathan Connolly Snow Patrol
- Projects
- Bands
- Label
We wrote with Harry. It was a lot of fun. He's a real dude actually. We've no idea if those songs will make it yet, though. It's a long process. It's great to work with other people - it's good to flex the muscle.

Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol
- Fun
- Songs
- Muscle
This is our most complete record by far. A Hundred Million Suns sounds like the marriage of everything we learned from the Jeepster years and the Fiction years made into something new and bolder. Our spikiness and our indie-ness are coming through again with all the poppiness of the last two records. There's a lot of melody here and you can't cloak that whatever you do with it. This album is touched by our entire history, and hopefully sounds like our future too.

Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol
- Future
- Marriage
- Record

If I'm honest, I find that the more booze the better the festival crowd. This is perhaps an irresponsible thing to say, but it's true.

Gary Lightbody Snow Patrol
- True
- Honest
- Crowd
I'm certainly no bohemian hippie, and I do love luxury.

Johnny McDaid Snow Patrol
- Luxury
- Hippie
- Bohemian
I think we make the music that we make. Yes, we are aware of music climate, and we are all avid fans of listening, collecting and discovering music.

Nathan Connolly Snow Patrol