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.

The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.

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

I trained as a classical guitarist but that was it.

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

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

If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object.