Quotes from Thom Yorke

My parents mistook me for a sack of potatoes so I sat in the corner of the kitchen for the first 13 years of my life. My birth name is Thom Potatoes.

Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody.

In an interstellar burst, I am back to save the universe. In a deep deep sleep of the innocent, I am born again. In a fast German car, I'm amazed that I survived, An airbag saved my life...

I'll take a quiet life, A handshake of carbon monoxide. No alarms and no surprises...

I once got hit with a taser at a concert and everyone thought I was dancing. Now I have to do that dance, at every show for the rest of my life, or admit that a taser can damage the Thom Yorke

I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media which is predominately right wing, and loyal to the political framework and its corporate interests.

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.

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.

When even your fans are writing to tell you to get a life, you know you need to listen.

Chicken Little change my life when I was younger. I had no idea chickens could talk *laughs*.

Sometimes the nicest thing to do with a guitar is just look at it.

I want to be alone and I want people to notice me — both at the same time.

Build gaps in your life. Pauses. Proper pauses.

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with.

Isn't it strange how someone can be both human and divine at the same time? I am referring, of course, to myself.

The head of state Has called for me by name But I don't have time for him It's gonna be a glorious day I feel my luck could change

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

If we got into a situation where people start burning our records, then bring it on. That's the whole point. The gloaming has begun. We're in the darkness. This has happened before. Go read some history.

2+2=5 wasn't intentional. I thought you carry a 1 every time there are two 2's in an equation. I'm not stupid, the mathematicians is stupid

You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a good time!

Well, it only dawned on me about six months ago that not everybody's against me all the time. It was something of a revelation.

Well, I've been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War, about Western foreign policy and all that. I try not to let it get to me, but sometimes I just think that there's no hope.

I'm still not certain on the nature of the spork, whether it is a fork and a spoon, or a fork and a knife mixed together, or maybe a fork and a fork on top. Life is full of mysteries yeah man

Your fantasies are unlikely. But beautiful.