Maybe I'm Used To Religious

Obviously There Will Be A Backlash. If You Believe The Hype You Have To Believe A Backlash Too. Any Criticism We Get, Is Always Stuff We've Already Criticized Ourselves.

I'm Always Happiest Trying New Instruments - And Honestly Enjoy Playing, Say, The Glockenspiel With Radiohead As Much As I Do The Guitar. I Think Regular Touring Has Forced Me To Play The Guitar More Than Anything Else, Which Is Why I'm Probably Most Confident Playing That. And Whist I'd Be Lost If I Couldn't Play It Too, I Dislike The Totemic Worship Of The Thing... Magazines, Collectors, And So On. I Enjoy Struggling With Instruments I Can't Really Play.

Nothing's More Exciting Than A Day In A Studio With A String Section - Or More Ruinously Expensive. So It's Good To Feed That Habit Away From The Band, Especially If It Means More Experience For The Next Radiohead String Day.

Anything That Has More Of Graham's Guitar Playing, I'm Bound To Like.

I Trust Microphones, Speakers And Recordings Less And Less, And No Longer Buy Into The Idea That I Can Recreate At Home, Or In My Earphones, The Experience Of Hearing Live Acoustic Instruments. The Orchestra Is Already A Set Of Speakers That React Differently To Each Player, Each Room And Each Concert - It's That High Level Of Uncertainly And Unrepeatability That I Like. The Music Is Just Soaked Into The Walls Of A Room Straight From The Instruments - And It's A One-off Deal. The Alternative - Left Speaker, Right Speaker - Is Kind Of A Compromise.