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1 " I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape. "
― Thom Yorke
2 " There's the beautiful people and then there's the rest of us. "
3 " So how come it looks so beautiful?How come the moon falls from the sky? "
― Thom Yorke , The Eraser
4 " Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights?I'll stay home forever Where two and two always makes a fiveI'll lay down the tracksSandbag and hideJanuary has April's showersAnd two and two always makes a fiveIt's the devil's way nowThere is no way outYou can SCREAM and you can shoutIt is too late nowBecause...You have not beenPayin' attention!Payin' attention!Payin' attention!Payin' attention!You have not been paying attention! "
5 " And if the world does turn, and if London burns, I'll be standing on the beach with my guitar. I want to be in a band, when I get to Heaven. Anyone can play guitar, and they won't be a nothing anymore... "
6 " When you were here beforeCouldn't look you in the eyeYou're just like an angelYour skin makes me cry "
7 " I want to be alone and I want people to notice me — both at the same time "
8 " Sex is more than an act of pleasure, it’s the ability to be able to feel so close to a person, so connected, so comfortable that it’s almost breathtaking to the point you feel you can’t take it. And at this moment you’re a part of them. "
9 " I'm not afraid of computers taking over the world. They're just sitting there. I can hit them with a two by four. "
10 " 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. "
11 " I tell you what's really ridiculous--going into a bookstore and there's all these books about yourself. In a way, it feels like you're already dead. "
12 " And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it. "
13 " I'll drown my beliefs. To have you be in peace. "
14 " They love me like I was a brotherThey protect me, listen to meThey dug me my very own gardenGave me sunshine, made me happyNice dream, nice dreamNice dream "
15 " And true love waitsIn haunted atticsAnd true love livesOn lollipops and crisps "
16 " Immerse your soul in love. "
17 " I believe that any great work of art is, in itself, a form of resistance against a sense of powerlessness. "
18 " 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.—Thom Yorke, whispering to himself "
19 " you have not been / paying attention "
20 " I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo "
