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Jonny Greenwood Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

When it comes to orchestral music, whenever I see a concert with orchestra and strings, and I arrive and there are speakers up, my heart always sinks a little bit, and I think, ‘It’s going to be down to some sound guy’s ideas.’ Contact microphones on the violins. I’m a purist, I suppose Picture Quote #1

As I kid, I was always jealous of the music that my favorite bands had written - but not really of how they played. So I’d daydream about having written songs, and this way above being able to perform them Picture Quote #1

If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And that’s what I get from Penderecki: people making music by taking these instruments out of boxes and playing them. That’s a very bizarre and modern thing Picture Quote #1

It’s funny, but to me, when you go to a concert hall and hear electronic pieces from the 60s, I think they sound really dated. But when an orchestra plays a piece from that period, and it’s going to sound different every time, it feels more modern to me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Maybe I’m used to religious music being gentler in the classical world Picture Quote #1

I’ve seen 13, 14-year-olds opening CDs as though they’re records from the 1920s, going ‘Look at this - there’s a little book!’... That makes me think the format has probably had its day Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. There’s something - I don’t want to sound ungrateful - but there’s something very old-fashioned and traditional about it. You meet kids today whose grandparents were in punk bands. It’s very old and traditional, but then, so is an orchestra and so is a string section Picture Quote #1

Every American college student goes to college with a hard drive. They take their laptop. There’s not a CD player in sight Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Right now my mind is on the people who stole our instruments, and, specifically, the person with my guitar, which will no doubt end its days having Green Day songs worked out on it. A better fate was deserved - and while the reverence given to guitars annoys me, I shall miss it Picture Quote #1

It’s what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it Picture Quote #1

I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you’d have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes Picture Quote #1

I’m pampered like you wouldn’t believe Picture Quote #1

I’m happy to write 10 times too much music Picture Quote #1

No, I am not interested in women or sex or anything Picture Quote #1

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I’m quite into listening to music and not doing anything else Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I’d have a worse time doing anything else. That’s kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy Picture Quote #1

I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers Picture Quote #1

I fell in love with electronics, which for me was the terra incognita, because I had never heard such sounds. If you’d asked me 50 years ago, I would have said the future of music is only electronic, but I would have been wrong. I learnt how to produce everything I needed with live instrumentalists, so I don’t need electronics Picture Quote #1

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I was happy using cassettes when I was fifteen, but I’m sure they were sneered at in their day by audiophiles Picture Quote #1

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 criticized ourselves Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think it should be ambitious and good music does deal with life and art and all these wonderful things Picture Quote #1

I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track, so it becomes like an orchestra of sounds Picture Quote #1

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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 Quotes) When it comes to orchestral music, whenever I see a concert with orchestra and strings, and I arrive and there are speakers up, my heart always sinks a little bit, and I think, ‘It’s going to be down to some sound guy’s ideas.’ Contact microphones on the violins. I’m a purist, I suppose. (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) As I kid, I was always jealous of the music that my favorite bands had written - but not really of how they played. So I’d daydream about having written songs, and this way above being able to perform them. (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) If I think about music in the future, I imagine it often as not involving electricity, in some dystopian, post-apocalyptic future. And that’s what I get from Penderecki: people making music by taking these instruments out of boxes and playing them. That’s a very bizarre and modern thing. (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) It’s funny, but to me, when you go to a concert hall and hear electronic pieces from the 60s, I think they sound really dated. But when an orchestra plays a piece from that period, and it’s going to sound different every time, it feels more modern to me. (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) 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 Quotes) Maybe I’m used to religious music being gentler in the classical world (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I’ve seen 13, 14-year-olds opening CDs as though they’re records from the 1920s, going ‘Look at this - there’s a little book!’... That makes me think the format has probably had its day. (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) 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 (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I sometimes feel a bit embarrassed to play guitar. There’s something - I don’t want to sound ungrateful - but there’s something very old-fashioned and traditional about it. You meet kids today whose grandparents were in punk bands. It’s very old and traditional, but then, so is an orchestra and so is a string section (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) Every American college student goes to college with a hard drive. They take their laptop. There’s not a CD player in sight (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) 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 Quotes) Right now my mind is on the people who stole our instruments, and, specifically, the person with my guitar, which will no doubt end its days having Green Day songs worked out on it. A better fate was deserved - and while the reverence given to guitars annoys me, I shall miss it (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) It’s what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I suppose, counting back, if the Beatles had been influenced by music in the same length of time ago - you’d have to put that into better English for me, thank you - they would have been like a banjo orchestra. They would have been doing show tunes (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I’m pampered like you wouldn’t believe (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I’m happy to write 10 times too much music (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) No, I am not interested in women or sex or anything (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I’m quite into listening to music and not doing anything else (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) It’s kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I’d have a worse time doing anything else. That’s kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I fell in love with electronics, which for me was the terra incognita, because I had never heard such sounds. If you’d asked me 50 years ago, I would have said the future of music is only electronic, but I would have been wrong. I learnt how to produce everything I needed with live instrumentalists, so I don’t need electronics (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I was happy using cassettes when I was fifteen, but I’m sure they were sneered at in their day by audiophiles (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) 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 criticized ourselves (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) 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 Quotes) I think it should be ambitious and good music does deal with life and art and all these wonderful things (Jonny Greenwood Quotes) I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track, so it becomes like an orchestra of sounds (Jonny Greenwood Quotes)

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