In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator.

In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator.

A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.

There's no point apologizing about where you come from.

No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort and when anyone, convicted criminal or lunatic, could buy any type of firearm without restriction. Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this weapon in crime than ever before.

I tend to play better in the studio, no pressures, just sheer volume and alcohol.

We are kind of one step removed, not really in the center of things.