As you get older you realize how important your emotional response is to any kind of music.
Colin GreenwoodI don't think anything's underground anymore. And I think that's a good thing. Everything is up for grabs.
Colin GreenwoodBill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.
Colin GreenwoodThat's why I love playing shows, you've got thousands of people sharing their personal passion for the music with each other, it's such a wonderful thing to be able to curate.
Colin GreenwoodOccasionally I play the music for my mother when she demands to hear it and she always just says, 'Who is that singing? I don't like the singing.' And then she says 'Who's doing all that bumpety-bump noise?' It's all noise backing up horrible singing as far as she's concerned. She's not a show-biz mother.
Colin Greenwood