Thom Yorke quotes - page 6

So far, this is disco. (Thom Yorke)
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. View quote
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Jonny goes on and on about this. Anybody who claims they write for *themselves is a liar. Everyone has an audience in mind. The only reason any artist would carry on is in the faith that one day somebody would see or hear their work. View quote
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I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. View quote
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Being in a band turns you into a child and keeps you there. View quote
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I feel like, as musicians, we need to fight the Spotify thing. I feel that in some ways what's happening in the mainstream is the last gasp of the old industry. Once that does finally die, which it will, something else will happen. View quote
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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. View quote
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We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think escape is sort of like coming to a show with ten thousand other people and responding to that moment. Sharing that moment - that's escape. View quote
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In pitch dark I go walking in your landscape Broken branches Trip me as I speak Just 'cause you feel it Doesn't mean it's there... We are accidents waiting Waiting to happen. (Thom Yorke)
I'm not living, I'm just killing time. View quote
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