The band name came about when the original vocalist died when a huge radio fell on his head. He trotted about for a while dancing with the radio on his head, before he died of asphyxiation and blood loss. *Laughs* it was hilarious

Occasionally I'll just pull out a rifle and shoot one of my audience members. So far there have been no complaints filed.

It is difficult to make political art work.

I will never run out of quotes. I am, after all, the Thom Yorke.

Do you think Radiohead is my whole goddamn life? I also have a roadside cart where I sell apples and mincemeat pies.

I'd like to run for president. Or Prime Minister. I think I could do a better job.

I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it was taken from the radio because -suddenly being a parent- I'd be confronted by the radio giving a news report every hour of the day.