I Think Guitarists Are Really Over-admired And

I Suppose Subconsciously I Was Thinking In Terms Of Having The Scale Of It Matching The Scale Of The Images. Hence The Sort Of String Quartet, Jazz Band And Electronic Stuff.

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.

I Can Remember Soundtracks That You Just Can't Separate From The Film - It's Just So Intertwined, So Important. Like The Hitchcock Ones Where They Kind Of Inform Each Other And Become This Larger Thing As A Result.

I Think I'll Always Feel A Little In Awe Whenever I See Someone In Their 20s Or 30s Carrying A Cello Or Violin Case - Because I Know, If They're Doing It Professionally, How Many Years Of Practice Have Gone Into Being Able To Make Music With Them. And The Sounds They Can Make Just Hit Me Very Hard, And Feel Full Of Limitless Complexity.

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.