All the ways you wish you could be… That’s me. I look how you wanna look, I fuck like you wanna fuck. I am smart, capable and, most importantly, I’m free in all the ways you’re not. People do it every day. They talk to themselves, they see themselves as they’d like to be. They don’t have the courage you have to just run with it. Naturally you’re still wrestling with it, so sometimes, you’re still you. Other times, you still imagine you’re watching me. Little by little, you’re just letting yourself become… Tyler Durden.
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interviewer: Since you're coming back to Mexico, how was it for you the first time you visited?
ed: It was a pleasant surprise. We went there for the first time in 1994. We got to know each other better on this tour, don't you think? And to have returned to play at Foro Sol was incredible. The curious thing about it is that it was part of a South American tour that took us from Mexico to Brazil, Chile, and Argentina. What we discovered was that Mexico responds to us the best when we do a tour in the United States. Mexico City could be the height of our North American tours. The spirit of the people fascinated us, and we had a giant party after the second concert.
interviewer: Your tour began on the first night of your visit to Mexico and I understand that you weren't very comfortable on stage. Does this always happen to you when you begin a tour?
ed: The scale of it all was...you have to constantly get used to these things. It's very overwhelming to leave the stage and have 50,000 Mexican fans showing you their admiration, their support, cheering...it takes some time for you to become accustomed to it all. At the start of the tour there is a transition: becoming the father of a family, a husband...you get past being on stage in front of 50,000 people, since they are two very different worlds. The start of a tour can be complicated. Imagine any person in this situation. It could be a shock, despite whatever you have done before.
interviewer: How do you feel the day before embarking on a tour? Are you content? Excited? Nervous?
ed: Well, the beginning of this tour was in Miami -taking three weeks- and it was, above all, very concentrated. There is a lot of work involved. We could take some 55 songs, but then there are many things about them to remember. At this point I really don't feel nervous or excited. I only try to be focused and find myself in the best mental, emotional, and spiritual state possible, because doing shows is something incredible, but it demands a lot out of you. You have to hold off being a husband and father and change yourself into a musician. On the day before leaving on a tour, I try to relax and find myself in placidity and calmness.
interviewer: After all these years, do all of your tours seem the same or does each one have its share of peculiarities?
ed: They're different. Just before you arrived, I talked a bit with our manager: this tour doesn't seem like anything we have done before. On albums like The Bends, OK Computer, or Kid A, there is a lot of darkness. You hear a very profound melancholy, and the tours were just that, but Radiohead really isn't like that. Now we are love and light, and because of that, these concerts have been very, very different from all the ones before. These concerts are edifying, very much alive and full of love...it's like The Beatles, "All you need is love". It's true. We have found that and we have taken it to our concerts. In the past, we were on stage, seeming distant from the public and it really wasn't like that. Now there is an energy that spreads around, goes out and comes back, and any person in the audience comes back being as important as Thom or myself. We only facilitate love. It's very powerful. These past few weeks, we have offered the most different shows of our careers and, for me, the best we've ever done, because our spirit is different.
XXXX: Always remember that one day all this drug monkey business will be legal. They won’t leave it to people like me… not when they finally figure out how much money is to be made - not millions, fucking billions. Recreational drugs PLC - giving the people what they want… Good times today, Stupor tomorrow. But this is now, so until prohibition ends make hay whilst the sun shines.» Layer Cake (2004) (dir. Matthew Vaughn)
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