yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad news. When they flip on the TV, they want to get AWAY from their problems, not hear about people getting thrown overboard tied to their boat anchor or working out so they can strangle innocent kids faster and better.


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I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some g...
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I say I'm the best actor in America who's never done a movie.
ED O'NEILL
All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. Whe...
ED O'NEILL
I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested...
ED O'NEILL
I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I&#...
ED O'NEILL
That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee w...
ED O'NEILL
When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... ju...
ED O'NEILL
There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 min...
ED O'BRIEN
What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at som...
ED O'BRIEN
So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We're going t...
ED O'BRIEN
We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the...
ED O'BRIEN
For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task.
ED O'BRIEN
At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those ...
ED O'BRIEN
It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I reali...
ED O'BRIEN
Not in the mornings, I'm always so tired in the morning.
ED O'BRIEN
The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough t...
ED O'BRIEN
But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans w...
ED O'BRIEN
I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a...
ED O'BRIEN
I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
ED O'BRIEN
We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.
ED O'BRIEN
We're not spokespeople, we're musicians.
ED O'BRIEN
But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's...
ED O'BRIEN
I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
ED O'BRIEN
What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the s...
ED O'BRIEN
Everyone who's serious about what they're doing must be in constant motion forward.
ED O'BRIEN
There is always some universal proportion, but along with that there are some places where special t...
ED O'BRIEN
Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn'...
ED O'BRIEN
We don't hate the media, it's just that when there's too much of it we get bored, but it...
ED O'BRIEN
Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
ED O'BRIEN
We are a weird bunch, we are very disparate.
ED O'BRIEN
It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
ED O'BRIEN
All Americans need a sense of place. That's what makes our physical surroundings worth caring ab...
ED MCMAHON
The majority of people who buy homes in golf course communities don't play golf. Golf is way dow...
ED MCMAHON
Golf courses sell real estate and that's why they're built.
ED MCMAHON