A biography for Colin Greenwoodhasn’t been written yet.
“People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.”
“The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters.”
“The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.”
“Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration.”
“Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds.”
“One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan.”
“Limits are very important.”
“I trained as a classical guitarist but that was it.”
“If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object.”
“I'm going to have classical piano lessons next.”
“In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator.”
“We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody.”
“The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive.”
“There's no point apologizing about where you come from.”