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
My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art. — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
If there are political programs on TV, yet it takes an artist to actually energize political debate, that tells you something really… — 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 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
Obviously, the duty of artists is there, but it's more an indictment of the political system that someone like Zinn views artists… — 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
Generally, it's not good to be engaged directly with the political system unless you are qualified. It's a very depressing business, the… — 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 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… — Thom Yorke Copy Share
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
