Thom Yorke: Likeness

Thom Yorke is English musician, philanthropist and singer-songwriter. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

Thom Yorke: 198 quotes18 likes

“I tell you what's really ridiculous--going into a bookstore and there's all these books about yourself. In a way, it feels like you're already dead.”

“I don't think young people are as demoralized as the media and government would like us to think. The obvious sign of that is how strong and how close personal connections are and how much people are able to build a life for themselves, despite all this stuff that's been thrown at them.”

“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”

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

“(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."”

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

“She looks like the real thing,
She tastes like the real thing,
My fake plastic love.
But I can't help the feeling,
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turned and ran.”

Fake Plastic Trees
Lyrics, The Bends (1995)

“Don't walk the plank like I did
You will be dispensed with
When you've become
Inconvenient”

Lyrics, The Eraser (2006)

“(about people's image of him) "I think that has a lot to do with the expression that's on my face. People are born with certain faces, like my father was born with a face that people want to hit.”

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http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=1995&cutting=19 source

“My big problem with corporate structure is this bizarre sense of loyalty you're supposed to feel -- towards what is basically a virus. It grows or dies, like any virus. And you use it for your own selfish ends.”

source http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10464376/radioheads_thom_yorke_on_going_solo/2 <br class="br">On the record industry.

“It's like a supply and demand thing. It's like 'Well, this is what they want me to do, this is what they want to hear. So I'll do more of this, cuz this is great… and they love me.' Suddenly people start giving you money as well. So then you've got money and you get used to this lifestyle. And you don't wanna take any risks 'cause they've got you by the balls, and you've got all these little things that you've bought, or you're attached to. And you start spending all this money… And that's how they get ya!”

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

“When you were here before,
Couldn't look you in the eye.
You're just like an angel,
Your skin makes me cry.
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world.
I wish I was special;
You're so fuckin' specialBut I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doing here
I don't belong here”

Creep
Lyrics, Pablo Honey (1993)