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… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
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 whether we've got a record out. — 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
