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I don't like old friends talking to me like I'm a pop star, cos it makes me feel like I'm becoming two-dimensional.

Thom Yorke

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