Colin Greenwood Quotes

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• The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive.

  Colin Greenwood

  Guitar, Machines, Computer

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Colin Greenwood

  Gun, Use, Half

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

  Colin Greenwood

  Emotional, Important, Kind

  "Radiohead". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 28, 2008.

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

  Colin Greenwood

  Steps, Kind

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

  Colin Greenwood

  Moving, Guitar, Tone

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Colin Greenwood

  Thinking, Innovation, Old And New

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.

  Colin Greenwood

  Passion, Men, Domestic Violence

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• I think the biggest problem we have is taking too long over things. Not in terms of getting it right, but sometimes we do things quickly that are really good.

  Colin Greenwood

  Thinking, Long, Problem

  "Radiohead". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 28, 2008.

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• To be able to play and get loads of people together is really cool.

  Colin Greenwood

  Play, People, Together

  "Radiohead". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 28, 2008.

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

  Colin Greenwood

  Editing, Looks, Bass

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It would be really nice to be able to put out releases that wouldn't be conditional upon an album format, and just put out music in different ways.

  Colin Greenwood

  Nice, Different, Albums

  "Radiohead". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 28, 2008.

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• I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really.

  Colin Greenwood

  Brother, Musical, Ends

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?

  Colin Greenwood

  Nice, Mean, Successful

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't listen to much modern composition.

  Colin Greenwood

  Modern, Composition

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• That's why I love playing shows, you've got thousands of people sharing their personal passion for the music with each other, it's such a wonderful thing to be able to curate.

  Colin Greenwood

  Passion, People, Able

  "Radiohead". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 28, 2008.

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• It takes so long to make a record and then it takes so long again to release it.

  Colin Greenwood

  Long, Records, Release

  "Radiohead". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. March 28, 2008.

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• 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.

  Colin Greenwood

  Rocks, People, Band

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Colin Greenwood

  Jobs, Responsibility, Social

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Colin Greenwood

  Apology, Where You Come, Apologizing

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• Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians.

  Colin Greenwood

  Musician, Groups, Tools

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My page is junk, because I hate putting anything to do with me on the site, it just feels wrong.

  Colin Greenwood

  Hate, Junk, Pages

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.

  Colin Greenwood

  Mistake, Errors, Cardinals

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

  Colin Greenwood

  Play, Alcohol, Pressure

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• Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.

  Colin Greenwood

  People, Bass, Bills

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration.

  Colin Greenwood

  Inspiration, Kids, Soundtracks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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