Quotes by Thom Yorke

And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it. (Thom Yorke)

Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like Zinn says, and absorb what's going on around them, it makes them think. (Thom Yorke)

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. (Thom Yorke)

I think escape is sort of like coming to a show with ten thousand other people and responding to that moment. Sharing that moment - thats escape. (Thom Yorke)

I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. Its a shame. (Thom Yorke)

If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. Thats the whole point. The gloaming has begun. Were in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history. (Thom Yorke)

Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political. (Thom Yorke)

My dad spent his whole life getting into fights for telling what he believed to be the truth. Basically it comes from my dad-and hes screaming right-wing, so there you are. (Thom Yorke)

One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom. (Thom Yorke)

So ultimately, its idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls things, and go on doing their own things. (Thom Yorke)