There are only two precious things on earth: the first is love; the second, a long way behind it, is intelligence.

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.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

When people say you're doing something radical in rock or dance music, I'm not sure how special that is. What we do is so old-fashioned. It's like trying to do something innovative in tap-dancing.

At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.

Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales.

If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!

With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from.

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

Kindness is no virtue, but a common duty.

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

The word try, means nothing. There's no such thing as trying to do something. The moment you begin a task, you're doing it. So just finish what you're doing.

Definition of a zombie

Meditation is not evasion

It may seem like the dragons tormenting you are bigger and fiercer than those lurking in your neighbor’s yard, but this is an illusion. We all face mighty dragons at home in some form.

Photography is my other kind of music.

It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.

Science provides a much more satisfactory way to seek answers than does any religion.

The days take forever, but they just fly by. It's so weird.

Don't follow the mind. Don't follow the body. Follow the Conscience. That is the main principle of this text. So we should follow our Conscience.

In my heart I know what kind of person I am, and that's good enough.