Maybe I'm Used To Religious Music Being

I Don't Mind When People Are Telling Me About Their 1971 Firebird, But It's The Same Thing As People Telling Me About Their Car Or Something. It's Fine If You Have An Interest. By Talking With Me, Though, You Could Be Interviewing A Novelist About Guitars. It's The Same Thing, Except I Don't Write That Well Either.

I Suppose, Counting Back, If The Beatles Had Been Influenced By Music In The Same Length Of Time Ago - You'd Have To Put That Into Better English For Me, Thank You - They Would Have Been Like A Banjo Orchestra. They Would Have Been Doing Show Tunes.

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 Trust Microphones, Speakers And Recordings Less And Less, And No Longer Buy Into The Idea That I Can Recreate At Home, Or In My Earphones, The Experience Of Hearing Live Acoustic Instruments. The Orchestra Is Already A Set Of Speakers That React Differently To Each Player, Each Room And Each Concert - It's That High Level Of Uncertainly And Unrepeatability That I Like. The Music Is Just Soaked Into The Walls Of A Room Straight From The Instruments - And It's A One-off Deal. The Alternative - Left Speaker, Right Speaker - Is Kind Of A Compromise.

I'm Always Happiest Trying New Instruments - And Honestly Enjoy Playing, Say, The Glockenspiel With Radiohead As Much As I Do The Guitar. I Think Regular Touring Has Forced Me To Play The Guitar More Than Anything Else, Which Is Why I'm Probably Most Confident Playing That. And Whist I'd Be Lost If I Couldn't Play It Too, I Dislike The Totemic Worship Of The Thing... Magazines, Collectors, And So On. I Enjoy Struggling With Instruments I Can't Really Play.