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> [As soon as you impose Western chords on an Indian scale, something great collapses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/as-soon-as-you-impose-western-chords-on-an-indian-scale-something/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

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## More by Jonny Greenwood

> [I sometimes wish taste wasn't ever an issue, and the sounds of instruments or synths could be judged solely on their colour and timbre.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/i-sometimes-wish-taste-wasn-t-ever-an-issue-and-the-sounds-of/)

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> [It's funny, but to me, when you go to a concert hall and hear electronic pieces from the '60s, I think they sound really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/it-s-funny-but-to-me-when-you-go-to-a-concert-hall-and-hear/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

> [I'm always happiest trying new instruments - and honestly enjoy playing, say, the glockenspiel with Radiohead as much as I do the guitar. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/i-m-always-happiest-trying-new-instruments-and-honestly-enjoy-playing/)

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> [If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/if-i-think-about-music-in-the-future-i-imagine-it-often-as-not/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

> [Jamaican reggae is the style of music I always reach for when ranting to friends about how you could listen to one style of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/jamaican-reggae-is-the-style-of-music-i-always-reach-for-when-ranting/)

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> [Everything I know about pop culture I know from 'The Simpsons,' and they say the Grammys aren't very good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/everything-i-know-about-pop-culture-i-know-from-the-simpsons-and-they/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

> [Maybe I'm used to religious music being gentler in the classical world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/maybe-i-m-used-to-religious-music-being-gentler-in-the-classical-world/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

> [But over a period of time It's the melodic things that are in my head all day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/but-over-a-period-of-time-it-s-the-melodic-things-that-are-in-my-head/)

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> [It's like that scene from The Player when they talk about merging Star Wars and Kramer vs. Kramer, or whatever. You could do that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/it-s-like-that-scene-from-the-player-when-they-talk-about-merging/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

> [Every American college student goes to college with a hard drive. They take their laptop. There's not a CD player in sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/every-american-college-student-goes-to-college-with-a-hard-drive-they/)

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> [As soon as you impose Western chords on an Indian scale, something great collapses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/as-soon-as-you-impose-western-chords-on-an-indian-scale-something/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/i-can-remember-soundtracks-that-you-just-can-t-separate-from-the-film/)

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> [I'm pampered like you wouldn't believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/i-m-pampered-like-you-wouldn-t-believe/)

[Jonny Greenwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonny-greenwood/)

> [It feels like Radiohead are famous, but that no one knows who we are. Which is brilliant, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/it-feels-like-radiohead-are-famous-but-that-no-one-knows-who-we-are/)

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> [I was just very conscious that I could either bore people by having the music be similar for too long, or I could just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonny-greenwood/i-was-just-very-conscious-that-i-could-either-bore-people-by-having/)

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