I suppose subconsciously I was thinking in terms of having the scale of it matching the scale of the images. Hence the sort of string quartet, jazz band and electronic stuff. Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
I think it should be ambitious and good music does deal with life and art and all these wonderful things. Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
I was just very conscious that I could either bore people by having the music be similar for too long, or I could just wear them out and bore them in a different way by having it changing too much every minute or two minutes. So, there was that kind of balance to get right. Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
I suppose all of us – we have the old Protestant work ethic of feeling guilty when you’re not working, and getting a buzz from feeling like you’re really busy. That’s the reason to sort of carry on. Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
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 criticised ourselves. Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
There’s the soundtrack to The French Connection II’I think It’s my favorite soundtrack. It hasn’t been released. I actually had to go and get the film and just make a recording of it to get the music. Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
The rest of the band were basically friends, So it was me following them around and begging them to let me be in their band for two or three years. And they finally let me in on the harmonica, actually, and then the keyboards, and finally the guitar. Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
Presented with a song like Exit Music, It’s impossible to know what to add without actually making it worse. How can you play along when It’s already there? Jonny Greenwood Read Quote
