Richard Butler: "'Alive' is a lot about looking back. Like it says in the song, when you're young you think that you're going to go on forever and you think you're indestructible and blessed. And when you get older you realize how mortal you are." (Interview with Robert Cherry, 2001)
Interviewer: "Tell me about this new song, 'Alive,' that's on Beautiful Chaos."
Richard Butler: "It's about being the age I am – 45 years old. When you're young, you think that you're going to live forever; the older you get, you start realizing your own mortality. It always seemed like you have your parents between you and death's door; when something starts to go wrong with them, you start thinking, 'Once they go, I'm next in line.' It's about celebrating the 'now,' if you like. That sounds a bit 'self-help,' doesn't it?" (Ink 19 2002)
Interviewer: "If we go back to the year 2000, you rejoined the Psychedelic Furs in a reformed lineup. As a big fan of the band, I attended many of the subsequent tours. They recorded a new song 'Alive' for a greatest hits package and two others ['Cigarette' and 'Wrong Train'] for the companion DVD. Yet I sensed a reluctance to record new material. Was that a trigger that forced your hand to do the Satellite Paradiso record and depart from the Psychedelic Furs?"
John Ashton: "Yes Dave. That was the biggest trigger of all." (Dave's on Tour 2016)
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