--- title: "1 Ok Computer Quotes By Ed O'Brien" description: "1 Ok Computer quotes by Ed O'Brien. Plus more from Ed O'Brien and more Ok Computer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/ed-o-brien-23410_arena_at-the-end-of-ok-computer-we-were-playin_963423.png" --- > [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 the time it didn't feel right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/at-the-end-of-ok-computer-we-were-playing-big-big-arenas-and-it-wasn/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-o-brien/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/ed-o-brien-23410_arena_at-the-end-of-ok-computer-we-were-playin_963423.png) ## More 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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/there-was-this-discussion-to-know-how-long-the-human-ear-was-really/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-o-brien/) > [We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/we-re-not-aware-of-fame-itself-we-re-not-that-kind-of-band/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/the-thing-is-it-really-did-take-us-too-long-to-get-these-recordings/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/if-you-want-something-good-to-come-out-of-something-you-have-to-put/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-o-brien/) > [Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/bowie-is-a-musician-but-he-works-like-a-painter-thom-always-thought/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/we-don-t-hate-the-media-it-s-just-that-when-there-s-too-much-of-it-we/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/of-the-25-songs-we-ve-recorded-there-were-24-that-we-wanted-to-have/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/at-the-end-of-ok-computer-we-were-playing-big-big-arenas-and-it-wasn/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/but-for-the-first-time-we-haven-t-made-a-huge-leap-forward-in-sound/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/there-is-always-some-universal-proportion-but-along-with-that-there/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/but-we-will-play-6-7-new-songs-each-evening-approximately-a-third-in/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/music-at-the-end-of-the-day-is-communicating-something-emotion-a/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-o-brien/) > [I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/i-think-that-s-what-helped-us-confidence-respect-the-desire-to-work/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/so-we-are-not-doing-the-traditional-album-tour-album-tour-album-tour/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-o-brien/what-had-disappointed-me-at-the-time-of-the-last-tour-was-to-go-on-a/) [Ed O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-o-brien/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ok-computer/ed-o-brien/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ok Computer Quotes By Ed O'Brien", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. 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