As Soon As You Impose Western Chords

Composers Are Influenced By All The Important Music In Their Lives - And I Suppose That Since Radio Started Playing Popular Music, That's As Likely To Be The Beatles Or Aphex Twin As It Is To Be Verdi Or Ravel. They'd Be Strange Teenagers If They Didn't. But Cross-pollinating Happens Too - Aphex Twin Did More Interesting Things With Electronic Music Than Most Trained Composers, Who Seemed To Approach Samplers With Undue Caution And Reverence In Those Early Days.

I Fell In Love With Electronics, Which For Me Was The Terra Incognita, Because I Had Never Heard Such Sounds. If You'd Asked Me 50 Years Ago, I Would Have Said The Future Of Music Is Only Electronic, But I Would Have Been Wrong. I Learnt How To Produce Everything I Needed With Live Instrumentalists, So I Don't Need Electronics.

It's What The Pixies Always Said About Music - They Were Writing Songs And Just Trying Not To Be Boring. That Was Their Main Motivation And It Worked For Them. I Remember Reading That And Thinking That Was The Way To Do It.

As I Kid, I Was Always Jealous Of The Music That My Favorite Bands Had Written - But Not Really Of How They Played. So I'd Daydream About Having Written Songs, And This Way Above Being Able To Perform Them.

My Style Is So Tightly Tied In With Our Songs That I Don't Think You Could Even Ask Me To Quit Radiohead And Play Guitar For Another Band. I Don't Think I Could Do It. It Would Probably Reveal Me To Be The Bluffer That I Believe I Am. That's How It Feels. I Wouldn't Have The Confidence To Do Anything But This.