One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom.

Ironically my brother died in a car accident shortly after Airbag was recorded. He's not an identical twin so I didn't care.

The hardest part about being in radiohead is being inside a giant head that is a radio. Ha ha, little english humour there, or is it a hammer?

Sometimes when you get an opportunity to appropriate your work, or use whatever collateral you have, for something good, you think, "Well, yeah, you should do this." You're not in any way qualified to do it, but I was so sick of hearing so many unqualified people say that global warming doesn't exist, I thought, "Well, I'm no less qualified than they are, so I can deal with doing it."

I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.

I won't live in a mostly Mexican neighborhood. I'm sorry I just won't do it.

I cannot read a fortune cookie without breaking down and crying. I am sensitive.