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.

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

When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.

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

I'm going to have classical piano lessons next.

It's a full on job just looking for human social responsibility.

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