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"Initially when it came up I tried to be pragmatic. But Blair has no environmental credentials as far as I'm concerned. I came out of that whole period just thinking, I don't want to get involved directly, it's poison. I'll just shout my mouth off from the sidelines." - source

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It's basically [about] having to make a decision whether to do nothing or try to engage with it in some way, knowing that it's flawed. It's convenient to project that back on to someone personally and say they're a hypocrite. It's a lot easier to do that than actually do anything else. And yeah, that stresses me out, because I am a hypocrite. As we all are.

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"I didn't really come into it expecting to make songs. It started just with random bits and pieces. I guess I thought there would be vocals, but I was thinking in terms of using little vocal shreds, and of making them part of the tapestry, not the main thing. But as soon as we had gone through the initial sketches, it became obvious that they could be quite direct. Nigel basically dragged me kicking and screaming toward the concept of them being actual songs." - source

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"My big problem with corporate structure is this bizarre sense of loyalty you're supposed to feel — towards what is basically a virus. It grows or dies, like any virus. And you use it for your own selfish ends." - source

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Thom Yorke

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Born: October 7, 1968 (age 56)
Bio: Thomas Edward "Thom" Yorke is an English musician best known as the singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead.
Known for:
  1. The Eraser (2006)
  2. Tomorrow's Modern Boxes (2014)
  3. Amnesiac (2001)
  4. A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
  5. Pablo Honey (1993)

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