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"If we perform the romantic repertoire we need more musicians."

"You know, musicians aren't very stable, in case you hadn't noticed."

"Working with Benny was important for me and for black musicians in general."

"Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song."

"I mean, look how many musicians have come through and played beside me, and I'm workin' and they're not."

"Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it."
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"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 of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us."

"What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business."

"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."

"I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child."

"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 be able to get their heads around it."

"There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 minute CD is too long. We thought about making two CDs, 35 minutes each... But the songs need to breathe."

"What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at some incredible places and we couldn't enjoy it, hadn't the time."

"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. I don't think we even hated the media by the time that movie was made. We were just tired."
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