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And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it.
Thom Yorke
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Generally speaking, if people are prepared to stick their heads above the power pit, like Zinn says, and absorb what's going on around them, it makes them think.
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My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.
Thom Yorke
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We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked.
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I think maybe since there isn't a great deal of access to the mainstream media and people don't understand the language of mainstream media, if you put music out there with lyrics that are loosely political, people absorb some of it and spit it back out.
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Music is more difficult - try naming a political band. The Dead Kennedys. The Dead Kennedys are political, but they are more funny than they are political.
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We don't have to stand on a soap-box and preach because hopefully we're channelling it through the new record.
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Well, I've been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War, about Western foreign policy and all that. I try not to let it get to me, but sometimes I just think that there's no hope.
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I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state.
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I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music.
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I think sometimes all the charities are doing is mopping up the blood. It's a shame.
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You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a good time!
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Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.
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