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Obviously there will be a backlash. If you believe the hype you have to believe a backlash too. Any criticism we get, is always stuff we've already criticised ourselves.
Jonny Greenwood Radiohead -
'My big problem with corporate structure is this bizarre sense of loyalty you're supposed to feel - towards what is basically a virus. It grows or dies, like any virus. And you use it for your own selfish ends.' - source
Thom Yorke Radiohead
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You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a good time!
Thom Yorke Radiohead -
Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody.
Thom Yorke Radiohead -
With British bands, there was this whole thing about having something to say. But, maybe naively, we said, 'It's about music.' And that's what it's about.
Ed O'Brien Radiohead -
Nothing's more exciting than a day in a studio with a string section - or more ruinously expensive. So it's good to feed that habit away from the band, especially if it means more experience for the next Radiohead string day.
Jonny Greenwood Radiohead -
I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind.
Thom Yorke Radiohead -
'People sometimes say we take things too seriously, but it’s the only way you’ll get anywhere. We’re not going to sit around and wait and just be happy if something turns up. We are ambitious. You have to be.' (in his first-ever interview, 1991) source
Thom Yorke Radiohead
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Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.
Thom Yorke Radiohead -
I think I'll always feel a little in awe whenever I see someone in their 20s or 30s carrying a cello or violin case - because I know, if they're doing it professionally, how many years of practice have gone into being able to make music with them. And the sounds they can make just hit me very hard, and feel full of limitless complexity.
Jonny Greenwood Radiohead -
What I really enjoy about writing for orchestras is realizing that - and it's kind of self-evident - but the fact that they are 48 individuals. It's not, you know, a preset on a keyboard. It's all these people who have opinions and who are making decisions about how to play.
Jonny Greenwood Radiohead -
The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their band for two or three years. And they finally let me in on the harmonica, actually, and then the keyboards, and finally the guitar.
Jonny Greenwood Radiohead -
At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour.
Thom Yorke Radiohead -
When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.
Colin Greenwood Radiohead
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We are kind of one step removed, not really in the center of things.
Colin Greenwood Radiohead -
I tend to play better in the studio, no pressures, just sheer volume and alcohol.
Colin Greenwood Radiohead -
We don't have to stand on a soap-box and preach because hopefully we're channelling it through the new record.
Thom Yorke Radiohead -
I sometimes wish taste wasn't ever an issue, and the sounds of instruments or synths could be judged solely on their colour and timbre. Judged by what it did to your ears, rather than what its historical use reminds you of.
Jonny Greenwood Radiohead -
A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.
Colin Greenwood Radiohead -
People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band are the things that are unsaid.
Thom Yorke Radiohead
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Jonny doesn't want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot.
Colin Greenwood Radiohead -
It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.
Colin Greenwood Radiohead