Whenever I meet a beauty, I escape or hide in the corner. Thom Yorke More Quotes by Thom Yorke More Quotes From Thom Yorke I want to be alone and I want people to notice me — both at the same time. Thom Yorke notice-mewantpeople Yeah, after making Pablo Honey, we started experimenting with cloning myself in order to double the band's creative energy. However, the experiment was a failure, and the defective Thom Yorke clone escaped. And formed a band called Muse. Thom Yorke energycreativeorder Ironically my brother died in a car accident shortly after Airbag was recorded. He's not an identical twin so I didn't care. Thom Yorke cartwinsbrother I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape. Thom Yorke musicimportantthinking Amnesiac was written to make fun of senior citizens with alzheimers. I hate them and I wish they'd die. Thom Yorke seniorhatefun 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 Thom Yorke fansthreestupid 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. Thom Yorke artistpeoplethinking I can't wait to die so I can be a skeleton and play my chest like a xylophone. Thom Yorke skeletonswaitingplay I'm not a martyr, just a musician who dies for your sins. Oh, that's what a martyr is? Very well then, I am a martyr, if you insist. Thom Yorke martyrmusiciansin I don't eat food, I Thom Yorke it. What's the difference? When normal people "eat" food, they first chew it with their "teeth" until it's small enough to go through their "esophagus" and then be broken down in their "stomach" and absorbed. When I Thom Yorke food, I chew it with my Thom Yorkes until it's small enough to go through my Yorke tube. It's then broken down in my Thomach, where if I eat too much sweets, I get a mean Thommy ache! But it's okay because Jonny's usually there to rub the pain out. Thom Yorke painsweetmean There's the beautiful people and then there's the rest of us. Thom Yorke beautiful-peoplebeautifulpeople Trying to find my flaws is like trying to find a black person at one of our concerts Thom Yorke flawsblacktrying I stopped showering ever since I realized water causes people to drown. I cannot risk being so close to something that can murder me. Do you let killers into your house? Oh, but you let a murderer come out of your own faucet. Hypocrite. Thom Yorke hypocritewaterpeople It's a fine line between writing something with genuine emotional impact and turning into little idiots feeling sorry for ourselves and playing stadium rock. Thom Yorke emotionalsorrywriting I am all the days that you choose to ignore. Thom Yorke radioheadyou-choose Isn't it strange how someone can be both human and divine at the same time? I am referring, of course, to myself. Thom Yorke strangehumansdivine The difference between me and Bono is that he's quite happy to go and flatter people to get what he wants and he's very good at it, but I just can't do it. I'd probably end up punching them in the face rather than shaking their hand, so it's best that I stay out of their way. I can't engage with that level of bullshit. Which is a shame, really, and in a way it would help if I could, but I just can't. I admire the fact that Bono can, and can walk away from it smelling of roses. Thom Yorke differenceshandspeople It's hard being Thom Yorke. You have to get up every morning and look at that face and not shoot at it with a gun. Thom Yorke gunmorninglooks If I were a bottle of wine, my name would be Thom Cork Thom Yorke winewould-benames I'm horrified of leprechauns. I'm horrified that I might be leprechauns. Thom Yorke leprechaunmight
