A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.
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 GreenwoodI think the biggest problem we have is taking too long over things. Not in terms of getting it right, but sometimes we do things quickly that are really good.
Colin Greenwood