If you want something good to come out of something, you have to put in a lot of effort. That involves a lot of hard work, and a lot of blood, sweat ….

We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band..

There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special things happen. Ireland, for example. I've always f….

Not in the mornings, I'm always so tired in the morning..

For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task..

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 g….

At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those things occasionally but at the time it didn't feel ri….

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 separa….

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV..

Music, at the end of the day, is communicating something - emotion, a feeling, a rite of passage, where you are in life..

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 th….

It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country..

It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I realised I haven't played chord changes since OK Computer and ….

But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see t….

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….

I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard..

We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process….

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