Colin Greenwood

Colin Greenwood
Colin Charles Greenwood, is an English musician best known as the bassist for the alternative rock band Radiohead. He also plays keyboards and synthesisers and works on sampling on the electronic side of Radiohead. He is the older brother of Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth26 June 1969
mistake errors cardinals
A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.
years two important
Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds.
way nostalgic should
You should approach technological things in a nostalgic way.
steps kind
We are kind of one step removed, not really in the center of things.
play alcohol pressure
I tend to play better in the studio, no pressures, just sheer volume and alcohol.
inspiration kids soundtracks
Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration.
always-trying trying succeed
When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.
people want radiohead
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.
people bills bass
Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.
hate pages junk
My page is junk, because I hate putting anything to do with me on the site, it just feels wrong.
apology where-you-come apologizing
There's no point apologizing about where you come from.
nice mean successful
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?
rocks people band
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.
important limits
Limits are very important.