Ed O'Brien

At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel right. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#big #computer #end #feel #occasionally

Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#aspire #bowie #like #musician #painter

But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans who own Kid A should be able to get their heads around it. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#album #around #fans #first #first time

Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#constant #doing #everyone #forward #motion

For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#like #massive #task #us

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#i #music #press #read #tv

I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#desire #hard #helped #i #i think

I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#first #got #i #into #music

It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#fantastic #foreign #foreign country #found

It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and stuff like that. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#changes #chord #chords #computer #haven