Thom Yorke: Trending quotes (page 2)

“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?
A: To be really truthful I don't see it myself. When we play something new, we don't know how people will react. If I show an idea to the rest of the band I'm terrified if they will respond or not. They are the same. It always amazes me how complex this remains. There was a time when we could make the correct moves and the required response. And that was the time when the shine started to fade. Do people connect with our ideals? I dont know, surely encouraging people to make informed decisions is more useful? ignorance is the biggest problem isnt it? we are no purer than anyone else, no smarter. Equally we are not little rag dolls you play with but say nothing and go back in the box when you're finished with us.”

Thom Yorke

source http://www.spinwithagrin.com/answer.asp?show=all

People , Truth , Music , Idea

“For a minute there
I lost myself”

Thom Yorke

"Karma Police"
Lyrics, OK Computer (1997)

“What was that you tried to say?”

Thom Yorke

"Everything In Its Right Place"
Lyrics, Kid A (2000)

“I keep the wolf from the door
But he calls me up
Calls me on the phone
Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up
Steal all my children
If I don't pay the ransom
And I'll never see 'em again
If I squeal to the cops”

Thom Yorke

"A Wolf at the Door"
Lyrics, Hail to the Thief (2003)

Children , Way , Wolf

“We're at a time when we are being presented with undeniable changes in the global climate and fundamental issues that affect every single one of us, and it's the time we're listening to the most hokey shite on the radio and watching vacuous bullshit celebrities being vacuous bullshit celebrities and desperately trying to forget about everything. Which is fine, you know, but personally speaking, I can't do that.”

Thom Yorke

source http://web.archive.org/web/20031208173545/http://www.icyeyes.com.br/interp.htm

Change , Time , Personality , Forgetting

“Jumped in the river, what did I see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me
A moonful of stars and astral cars
And all the figures I used to see
All my lovers were there with me
All my past and futures
And we all went to heaven in a little row boat
There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt”

Thom Yorke

"Pyramid Song"
Lyrics, Amnesiac (2001)

Fear , Angels , Cars , Star

“The thing that worries me about the computer age is the fact that people know so much about you. It's an incredible invasion of privacy. And no matter where you are in the world people can monitor you if you're using your credit card. I heard this weird rumor on the Internet about how the military is funding this great big research project and basically, they believe that in the future, the balance of power won't be determined by who has the most nuclear weapons, but by who has all the information. I'm not afraid of being taken over by computers though, because the thing is, computers cannot resist. You can always smash 'em up, and they're totally defenseless. All we need are more people with hammers.”

Thom Yorke

source http://radiohead1.tripod.com/band/thomquotes.htm

People , Age , World , Future

“I'm not here
This isn't happening”

Thom Yorke

"How to Disappear Completely
Lyrics, Kid A (2000)

“Avoid all eye contact
Do not react
Shoot the messengers
This is a low-flying panic attack”

Thom Yorke

Burn the Witch
Lyrics, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)

Flying

“The difference between me and Bono is that he's quite happy to go and flatter people to get what he wants and he's very good at it, but I just can't do it. I'd probably end up punching them in the face rather than shaking their hand, so it's best that I stay out of their way. I can't engage with that level of bullshit. Which is a shame, really, and in a way it would help if I could, but I just can't. I admire the fact that Bono can, and can walk away from it smelling of roses.”

Thom Yorke

source http://www.licc.org.uk/culture/thom-yorke-interview

People , Way , Help , Happiness

“wish us all a safe journey if you still like us and you're not one of those people i have managed to offend by doing nothing”

Thom Yorke

http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/index.php?a=461 source

People

“It's the devil's way now
There is no way out
You can scream and you can shout
It is too late now”

Thom Yorke

"2+2=5"
Lyrics, Hail to the Thief (2003)

Way

“Different types of love
are possible”

Thom Yorke

Desert Island Disk
Lyrics, A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)

Love

“So far, this is disco.”

Thom Yorke

Live performance of Everything in Its Right Place ( YouTube video http://youtube.com/watch?v=aC_hHBX9PTk)

“Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy”

Thom Yorke

Lyrics, OK Computer (1997)

“(on his inability to read music) "If someone lays the notes on a page in front of me, it's meaningless…because to me you can't express the rhythms properly like that. It's a very ineffective way of doing it, so I've never really bothered picking it up."”

Thom Yorke

source http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/9346/RAAmain.html

Music , Way , Reading

“The video of 'Paranoid Android' 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.”

Thom Yorke

source http://www.greenplastic.com/coldstorage/articles/humo.html

Problem

“I wouldn't be involved with it [pop music] if I wasn't aware that it was going to be a product. I always wanted whatever I did to end up in the high street, no matter what it was, because to me, there isn't anywhere else to go. It's pointless.”

Thom Yorke

source http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=2000&cutting=91

Music

“Q: Does commercial success matter to you?”

Thom Yorke

Success

“I live in a town, where you can't smell a thing”

Thom Yorke

"Subterranean Homesick Alien"
Lyrics, OK Computer (1997)