Thom Yorke Quotes

"The thing that worries me about the computer age is the fact that people know so much about you. It's an incredible invasion of privacy. And no matter where you are in the world people can monitor you if you're using your credit card. I heard this weird rumor on the Internet about how the military is funding this great big research project and basically, they believe that in the future, the balance of power won't be determined by who has the most nuclear weapons, but by who has all the information. I'm not afraid of being taken over by computers though, because the thing is, computers cannot resist. You can always smash 'em up, and they're totally defenseless. All we need are more people with hammers." - source

At a better pace
Slower and more calculated
No chance of escape

You cannot kickstart a dead horse

"There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star, someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative and has a massive ego. There's nothing more pointless." - source

Are you hungry?
Are you sick?
Are you begging for a break?
Are you sweet?
Are you fresh?
Are you strung up by the wrists?

I'll take a quiet life
And a handshake of carbon monoxide
And no alarms and no surprises

"People sometimes say we take things too seriously, but it’s the only way you’ll get anywhere. We’re not going to sit around and wait and just be happy if something turns up. We are ambitious. You have to be." (in his first-ever interview, 1991) source

I have no idea what I am talking about
I'm trapped in this body and can't get out

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy

The more you try to erase me
The more, the more
The more that I appear

In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe

I live in a town, where you can't smell a thing

Cut the kids in half

Dont get sentimental, It always ends up drivel.

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me,
I can feel their blue hands touching me,
All these things into position,
All these things we'll one day swallow whole.
And fade out again,
And fade out...