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Thom Yorke
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
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Thomas Edward Yorke
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As a boy I was a hermit crab, but I soon came out of my shell. Now I am a pincer crab, and soon I will be at my full power as a deadly nuclear lobster.
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I have multiple personalities, but, being a fairly uncreative individual, they are all Thom Yorke.
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Up above Aliens hover Making home movies For the folks back home Of all these weird creatures Who lock up their spirits Drill holes in themselves And live for their secrets.
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I once wrote a song so beautiful that I myself couldn't sing it. It's called Plastic Government Cheese Swan, and it's about how the world is plastic and full of government cheese swans.
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I often fake my death and then just show up at people's houses. They say 'that's a good one Thom' but I know maybe they don't really think it's a funny joke.
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Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political.
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Isn't it strange how someone can be both human and divine at the same time? I am referring, of course, to myself.
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I had a dream where my face was a hamburger. What the?
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I once tried playing baseball but I started crying.
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I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state.
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Treefingers is important, it's the point in which our protagonist crosses the icy tundra that is how to disappear completely to reach the island of Optimistic. But seriously, kill yourself.
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If you want to be entertained, go and see Hanson.
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Amnesiac was written to make fun of senior citizens with alzheimers. I hate them and I wish they'd die.
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Where are you sleeping tonight? Face down in the mud? That's a British tradition: Take acid and fall asleep in some field.
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I'll take a quiet life, A handshake of carbon monoxide. No alarms and no surprises...
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I didn't ask to be Thom Yorke. Thom Yorke asked to be me.
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I don't know why people called me Tom. My name is THUMB.
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When even your fans are writing to tell you to get a life, you know you need to listen.
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Kid A is about an abortion. An abortion of the soul. *Begins to cry, holds up air quotes* Thom Yorke.
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Everyone has got the fear It's holding on It's holding on.
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