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Metaphorically I am made of chairs. It's a metaphor though. That means I am not actually made of the chairs.

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Thom Yorke
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
Composer
Ecologist
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Thomas Edward Yorke
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