Philip Selway Quotes

#1. Listening back to your speaking voice for the first time, unless you're James Earl Jones, it's a quite distressing process for most people.

Philip Selway

#2. I've always been very happy with my role in Radiohead. You're very much a part of everything, but you're much more of a shadowy figure.

Philip Selway

#3. All of us are extremely competitive. We're kind of competitive with how we work on Radiohead stuff. Having said that, there's also a lot of support.

Philip Selway

#4. Anything that broadens your musicality always moves the way you write drum or guitar parts.

Philip Selway

#5. When I first started drumming, when I was 14 or 15, I started writing songs. I wrote for a couple of years, but when we started 'Radiohead' it became very apparent quite quickly that I just wanted to concentrate on the drumming.

Philip Selway

#6. You are never, ever gonna get a drummer to dis another one. It's part of the drumming rules, as important as being able to keep pace or smashing up hotel rooms. Drummers do not dis!

Philip Selway

#7. I think I needed the resilience of approaching my late 30s to come to terms with the resilience I required to learn to sing.

Philip Selway