Ed O'Brien Quotes

• What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same – regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business.

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  Tags in Person, Friends

• What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn’t enjoy it, hadn’t the time.

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  Tags in Incredible, Places

• We’re not spokespeople, we’re musicians.

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• We’re not aware of fame itself, we’re not that kind of band.

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• We don’t hate the media, it’s just that when there’s too much of it we get bored, but it happens to every human being. I don’t think we even hated the media by the time that movie was made. We were just tired.

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• We are different people – you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.

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• We are a weird bunch, we are very disparate.

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• There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 minute CD is too long. We thought about making two CDs, 35 minutes each… But the songs need to breathe.

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• There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special things happen. Ireland, for example. I’ve always felt it’s interesting to play there. Maybe they just drink more than anybody else.

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• The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We’ve had our rough times in the studio in the past, but after four weeks most of the material would have been recorded. This time it seemed like it just goes on and on.

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• So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We’re going to tour when we want to, regardless of whether we’ve got a record out.

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• Of the 25 songs we’ve recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn’t have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us.

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• Not in the mornings, I’m always so tired in the morning.

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• 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.

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

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

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  Tags in Self, Music

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

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  Topics in Confidence

  Tags in Desire

• I don’t read the press, I don’t watch endless music TV.

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  Tags in Self, Unlike

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

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  Tags in Band

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

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Ed O'Brien (24)

Birth:	15th April, 1968
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician

About

Ed O'Brien is an English musician, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Radiohead. He is also responsible for harmony vocals during live concerts and on many tracks from the band's albums. In addition, he has played guitar and provided backing vocals for the 7 Worlds Collide project.

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