“My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.” Quote by Thom Yorke
“I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it was taken from the radio because -suddenly being a parent- I'd be confronted by the radio giving a news report every hour of the day.” GivingFirstsStuffParentHoursTakenNewsPagesNotesRadioReportsBeing A Parent Author: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 he's screaming right-wing, so there you are.” LifeWholeFightingDadWingsMy DadWhole LifeTelling The TruthRight Wing Author:Thom Yorke
“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.” EnoughArtistFightingRoomsMeetingsBritainTerrifiedPremises Author: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.” PeopleIfsThinkingPowerSticksPreparedPits Author:Thom Yorke
“I think a lot of tunes can suffer from being so simple, so either they get over-complicated or their simplicity means the simple way to lay them down becomes the difficulty.” ThinkingWayMeanSufferingSimpleDifficultyLaysSimplicityComplicatedTunesGet OverSimple Ways Author:Thom Yorke
“I think artists can influence only through making music that challenges people, excites them and flips them out. Music that repeats what you know in ever-decreasing derivation, that's unchallenging and unstimulating, deadens our minds, our imagination and our ability to see beyond the hell we find ourselves in.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindArtistImaginationChallengesAbilityHellInfluenceRepeatsFlipAbility To See Author:Thom Yorke
“People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band are the things that are unsaid.” PeopleThinkingKindMightBandConversationBest ThingsUnsaid Author:Thom Yorke
“We didn't start out to make a protest record at all. That would have been too shallow. As usual, it was simply a case of absorbing what's going on around us.” Has BeensCasesRecordsProtestUsualShallowAbsorbing Author:Thom Yorke
“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.” ThinkingWorldTryingYearsWellsWarSometimesReadingPolicyWesternWar Of The WorldsFiftyForeign PolicyNo HopeSecond World War Author:Thom Yorke
“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.” WantWellsHardAgeDealsSonBearsDrawsMy SonWildlifePolar BearsEnvironmental Stewardship Author:Thom Yorke