Our site should be like Paddington Station with a much better version of WH Smith’s in it.

Meaning of the quote

The quote suggests that the website or online platform should be designed like a major train station, such as Paddington Station, but with a much-improved version of the popular book and stationery store, WH Smith's, located within it. The idea is to create a central hub that is easily accessible, well-organized, and offers a wide range of useful and enjoyable resources, just like a bustling train station with a high-quality shopping experience.

About Colin Greenwood

Colin Greenwood is the bassist and electronic instrument player for the acclaimed rock band Radiohead. Along with his brother Jonny, he co-founded the group and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. Greenwood has also collaborated with various other musicians on solo projects.

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When we rehearse, we’re always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Coltrane would do what you’d get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

I don’t listen to much modern composition.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

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

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Jonny doesn’t want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

I’ve seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother’s the more musical one really.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

I’m going to have classical piano lessons next.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

There’s no point apologizing about where you come from.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

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.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band 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.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

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?

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Our site should be like Paddington Station with a much better version of WH Smith’s in it.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

With Dollars And Cents on the album, we had it as a band jam and I sometimes spend evenings playing with records over the top of things we were working on to see what works.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

We are kind of one step removed, not really in the center of things.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that’s really important.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

If you’re working on a computer and you’re editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

My page is junk, because I hate putting anything to do with me on the site, it just feels wrong.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

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

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

It’s a full on job just looking for human social responsibility.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Phil is a real drummer’s drummer.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

I trained as a classical guitarist but that was it.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

For me that’s what’s fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

I don’t think anything’s underground anymore. And I think that’s a good thing. Everything is up for grabs.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

Limits are very important.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead

You should approach technological things in a nostalgic way.

Colin Greenwood

Bass player for rock band Radiohead