Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 minute CD is too long.… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough times in the studio in… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
If you want something good to come out of something, you have to put in a lot of effort. That involves a lot of… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that. — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
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.… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
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… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special things happen. Ireland, for example. I've always felt… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
Music, at the end of the day, is communicating something - emotion, a feeling, a rite of passage, where you are in life. — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
