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Colin Greenwood is a British musician best known as the bassist for the rock band Radiohead. His innovative and eclectic playing style has been a key element in the band's distinctive sound. Greenwood, along with his bandmates, has been influential in shaping the alternative rock genre, and their work has received critical acclaim and a devoted global following.
"In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures."
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"In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures."

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"Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration."
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"Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration."

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"If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object."
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"If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object."

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"In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator."
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"In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator."

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"I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?"
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"I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?"

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"I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really."
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"I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really."

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"For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing."
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"For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing."

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"The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything."
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"The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything."

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"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."
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"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."

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"My page is junk, because I hate putting anything to do with me on the site, it just feels wrong."
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"My page is junk, because I hate putting anything to do with me on the site, it just feels wrong."

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"Limits are very important."
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"Limits are very important."

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"It's a full on job just looking for human social responsibility."
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"It's a full on job just looking for human social responsibility."

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"Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass."
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"Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass."

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"Jonny doesn't want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot."
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"Jonny doesn't want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot."

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"The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters."
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"The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters."

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"Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians."
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"Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians."

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"Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds."
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"Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds."

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"We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody."
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"We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody."

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"With our website we didn't want people to come to our site and find out about Radiohead. We wanted them to come to our site and find out about what Radiohead are finding out about."
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"With our website we didn't want people to come to our site and find out about Radiohead. We wanted them to come to our site and find out about what Radiohead are finding out about."

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"When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there."
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"When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there."

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"One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan."
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"One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan."

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"People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not."
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"People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not."

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"The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive."
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"The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive."

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"You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar."
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"You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar."

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