Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds.

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.

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

People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.

As you get older you realize how important your emotional response is to any kind of music.

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

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.