Ok Computer Quotes by Ed O'Brien

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

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

— Ed O'Brien

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

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

Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.

— Ed O'Brien

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Ed O'Brien

So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We're going to tour when we want to, regardless of…

— Ed O'Brien

What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places…

— Ed O'Brien