via @zach_aren
2011
The great thing about [releasing In Rainbows for donations] was [the music industry] didn’t like it because this wasn’t about the money — it was about the spirit of the thing.
Obviously we hoped to make money out of it, but it’s not about being greedy. It’s getting that whole thing back: what’s exciting about music? It’s the spirit.”
Ed O’Brien of Radiohead
Thom: Given the choice I would never finish anything.
Dave: So you can’t work alone?
T: Well, it depends if you want me to finish something or not.”
Thom Yorke
One of the big things making the last record was how deeply un-self confident we were [...] We didn’t trust in the process. We’ve got to trust more in the ‘it’ll be okay,’ you know, ‘we’re just working through something.’ We’ve got to trust that we’ve done some good stuff in the past and good stuff will still come.” Ed O’Brien of Radiohead
You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” Robin Williams
The craftsman at work. Via Font Feed
Sometimes everything’s not OK. But there’s no sense in giving up.
And sometimes you over-extend your reach. You commit to too much or pretend to be something you’re not. That’s not fun. When it comes crashing against you it may not feel ok.
But that doesn’t mean things won’t get better, or that you won’t learn something and grow.
Here’s a thing I know I can believe because if it’s not true then why go on? (You see the way that arithmetic takes care of itself?) I believe everything is going to be okay. read more →
Max: “It’s too late, Diana. There’s nothing left in you that I can live with. You’re one of Howard’s humanoids. If I stay with you, I’ll be destroyed. Like Howard Beale was destroyed. Like Laureen Hobbs was destroyed. Like everything you and the institution of television touches is destroyed. You’re television incarnate, Diana – Indifferent to suffering; insensitive to joy. All of life is reduced to the common rubble of banality. War, murder, death are all the same to you as bottles of beer. And the daily business of life is a corrupt comedy. You even shatter the sensations of time and space into split seconds and instant replays. You’re madness, Diana. Virulent madness. And everything you touch dies with you. But not me. Not as long as I can feel pleasure, and pain… and love.”
[Kisses her]
“And it’s a happy ending: Wayward husband comes to his senses, returns to his wife, with whom he has established a long and sustaining love. Heartless young woman left alone in her arctic desolation. Music up with a swell; final commercial. And here are a few scenes from next week’s show.”
[Picks up his suitcases and leaves]
Network (1976)
Focus on value creation. Design enhances value, it does not create it. Stop creating shitty startups that look amazing. [...] Stop this cycle of creating beautiful novelties, getting your 15 minutes, then disappearing. Create value.” Jon Yongfook
