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Thom Yorke Quotes

born 1968 England

Thomas Edward Yorke (born October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England) is a musician and the lead singer of the English rock band Radiohead.

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Also known as: Yorke, Thom

Random Thom Yorke quote

11 quotes

The art world is run by a few very extremely, um, privileged people and is ultimately corrupt and barren of any context.

Q: Does commercial success matter to you?

"I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape."

The video has been censored by MTV. They took all nipples out of the cartoon, but they had no problem with the scene in which Boris Yeltsin cuts off his own arms and legs.

Q: Radiohead fans tend to be extremely devoted to the band - they seem to connect with your music and ideals. What do you see as the major aspects of your music which people connect with so well?

"Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it." source

The video of 'paranoid' has been censored by MTV. They took all nipples out of the cartoon, but they had no problem with the scene in which a man cuts off his own arms and legs.

"I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state."

"So far, this is disco." - Live performance of Everything in Its Right Place (YouTube video)

"You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a good time! (nods at camera, then pauses)... that just sounds... kinky."

"Initially when it came up I tried to be pragmatic. But Blair has no environmental credentials as far as I'm concerned. I came out of that whole period just thinking, I don't want to get involved directly, it's poison. I'll just shout my mouth off from the sidelines." - source

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Thom Yorke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.