Atoms for Peace Quotes
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I'm not saying my fans are stupid, but I once left a cabbage onstage next to a harmonica and nobody noticed for three hours
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My only means of self defense is to wiggle my eye and feign being a salamander. It has saved my life but once I was partially eaten by a bald eagle who thought I was a salamander. Hence, my skills. Hence.
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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 of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed.
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Metaphorically I am made of chairs. It's a metaphor though. That means I am not actually made of the chairs.
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The only thing more difficult than being a God is being Thom Yorke. Thom Yorke has all these responsibilities, to save the planet. To save the world. To redeem Thom Yorke.
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Sex is more than an act of pleasure, it’s the ability to be able to feel so close to a person, so connected, so comfortable that it’s almost breathtaking to the point you feel you can’t take it. And at this moment you’re a part of them.
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They love me like I was a brother They protect me, listen to me They dug me my very own garden Gave me sunshine, made me happy Nice dream, nice dream Nice dream
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My father beat me with a curtain rod when I was nine, (That was) the inspiration for Creep
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If I were to be any celebrity, I'd be Chris Martin. I've always wondered what it would be like to be jealous of Thom Yorke.
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And then computers got to a point where you could just record directly into them. So when that happened, funny enough, I thought, Right, I'm going to learn how to do this because then I can understand that part.
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The thing I remember most about America is that it's silly. That can be quite a relief at times.
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I'd go onstage doing this thing, trying to fill this arena that I can't fill because I don't understand what this is. It's like you're given a job that's beyond you. And it's taken me years to realize what works in those big situations.
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My name may be Thom Yorke, but only I can call me Thom Yorke.
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I don't even have children, it's just been an excuse to play jenga and hit softballs in my backyard with a box of laundry detergant wearing baby clothes.
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I can be very drunk in a club in Oxford on a Monday night and some guy comes up to you and buys you a drink and says that the last record you made changed his life. That means something.
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I'm absolutely terrified that people can get into cars. It's like the car is a face, and the headlight is eyes, and when you open the car door it's like you're climbing into the ears. (I cannot) be inside a giant rolling robot head.
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Someone once asked me how the universe was created, I told him it all began with Pablo Honey
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Drying up in conversation You will be the one who cannot talk All your insides fall to pieces You just sit there wishing you could still make love.
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If you want to be entertained, go and see Hanson.
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Time is running out for us But you just move the hands upon the clock You throw coins in the wishing well For us You just move your hands upon the wall
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When even your fans are writing to tell you to get a life, you know you need to listen.
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The whole point of creating music for me is to give voice to things that aren't normally given voice to.
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If I could do just one thing to change the world, I'd make everyone Thom Yorke, and this would be paradise.
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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.