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I'd go onstage doing this thing, trying to fill this arena that I can't fill because I don't understand what this is. It's like you're given a job that's beyond you. And it's taken me years to realize what works in those big situations.

Thom Yorke

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Thom Yorke
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
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