Your obstacles define your achievements, and without those obstacles, you're just another bland nothing. — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
I don't like saying goodbye to people. I find it much easier to forgive people than to say goodbye to them, I always have,… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
Getting up on stage and being able to make people feel like their lives are slightly more special than they realize is my only… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
I'm not an endings person. I don't do endings. There may have been people in the band who wanted this to be an ending… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
We're going to talk about the big things that matter, which are the little things, really. For me, Stars has always had one overarching… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
We haven't really changed, we've just gotten better at executing what we've always been trying to do. We're not really a band that has… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
Blind hope. Blind hope is all we have. There's a Greek tragedy called Prometheus Bound; Prometheus is the [titan] that gave humans fire. He's chained to a rock and bemoaning his fate and saying, "I gave you everything. By giving you fire, I gave you blind hope. By giving you a little light that kept you warm at night, I… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share
I think if you listen to our records, they come at different points in your life. When people say to me that Stars records have themes, I think what they mean is we write songs - or try to write songs - that are timeless. We try to write songs that catch you at the right time in your life,… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share
For all of my life, I've had this one song in my head, and I'm still trying to write it. I'm still trying to… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about being in a band: it's a gang for people who are too wimpy to fight. You can create a gang and have an identity and fight for something and stand up for something just by making pop songs. They're my gang members and gang members are for life, and if you try and leave, we… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share
I think people are naturally good, I see it every day. Look at this restaurant. No one's causing anybody any trouble in here. We're… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
People are terrible. They do terrible things to each other, they hurt each other, they lie, they're vain, they're shallow, they're violent ... but… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting when I… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
