Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I think artists can influence only through making music that challenges people, excites them and flips them out. Music that repeats what… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
What happens a lot with songwriting is that a melody or rhythm or something stays with you like catching a cold. And… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I don’t see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
It will be only a matter of time before the music business establishment completely folds. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I'm not a martyr, just a musician who dies for your sins. Oh, that's what a martyr is? Very well then, I… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Kid A is about an abortion. *laughs* It's about how our music is an abortion — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
If you're bored of the songs, you're bored of the songs. There's not much you can do. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
The hardest part about being in Radiohead is listening to my own music. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I think maybe since there isn't a great deal of access to the mainstream media and people don't understand the language of… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Most Radiohead songs are actually REM songs, I just have a mentally ill child read the lyrics aloud and then I change… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
It's maybe a good thing to try to make music that feels reassuring in some ways - something that's got a good… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Making music for Radiohead is like going to the bathroom, I'm just going to the bathroom constantly, and millions are watching me… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Most of my dancing is actually convulsions from having to listen to my own music — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Anybody can make 'good' music. I make terrible music, which is what makes it so different, and therefore better. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I feel like as musicians we need to fight the Spotify thing. I feel that in some ways what’s happening in the… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I had a series of mini-breakdowns where the public persona - this thing, this face, this person who writes this music... I… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me, some others I have to send out, out to the war.… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I belong... You used to be alright What happened? — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I named my son Noah for the same reason Chris Martin named his apple: we're asses. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
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… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
When even your fans are writing to tell you to get a life, you know you need to listen. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
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… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
People sometimes say we take things too seriously, but it's the only way you'll get anywhere. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I'm achingly aware of my own limitations as both part of the human race and as an individual. I'm just, casting this out that,… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
I often fake my death and then just show up at people's houses. They say 'that's a good one Thom' but I know maybe… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
