I'm Pampered Like You Wouldn't Believe.

Composers Are Influenced By All The Important Music In Their Lives - And I Suppose That Since Radio Started Playing Popular Music, That's As Likely To Be The Beatles Or Aphex Twin As It Is To Be Verdi Or Ravel. They'd Be Strange Teenagers If They Didn't. But Cross-pollinating Happens Too - Aphex Twin Did More Interesting Things With Electronic Music Than Most Trained Composers, Who Seemed To Approach Samplers With Undue Caution And Reverence In Those Early Days.

Jamaican Reggae Is The Style Of Music I Always Reach For When Ranting To Friends About How You Could Listen To One Style Of Music Exclusively For The Rest Of Your Life - And It Would All Be Great And Varied And Worth Hearing.

I Remember When I Was In My Late Teens Just Getting Rid Of Lots Of Records, Realizing I Only Ever Listened To Them When I Was Reading, Or Watching Tv, Or Doing Something Else.

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.

It Feels Like Radiohead Are Famous, But That No One Knows Who We Are. Which Is Brilliant, Really.