Ed O'Brien Quotations

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

It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.

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

But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans who own Kid A should be able to get their heads around it.

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

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

If you want something good to come out of something, you have to put in a lot of effort. That involves a lot of hard work, and a lot of blood, sweat and tears sometimes. No different to anything, no different to what we all do.

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

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.

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.