Thom Yorke Quotes

People connect to a good bar very personally.

I believe - to the best of my recollection, anyway - that I soon made the classic error of moving from margaritas to actual shots of straight tequila. It does make it easier to meet new people.

The whole world is about three drinks behind.

I'm not a big wine guy. And bars, I never go to bars anymore. It's such a drag, man.

I spent a lot of time between bars like this.

I love going out to clubs. Granted, I don't get hammered or do anything to embarrass myself. I'd call myself wholesome... but it's not like I only drink milk.

I've learned how much of an impact that music has on people. I get messages all the time from people telling me what my music means to them and what it has done to them.

Let me just say, I've seen a pub or two.

To think that my heart and my words and my music saved somebody's life, it takes a while to just sink in with me. But it proves to me that music is powerful.

I'm doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'... It was a book I read when I was younger, and it just changed my life, and I just wanted to be a part of it.

When I went to see certain shows when I was a kid, they changed my life. They made me tap into that place inside myself that I was unable to get to, so music is that tool, that bridge, and that's the kind of music I'm interested in making.

I don't go to pubs.

I hung around with Jason Robards, Richard Harris, Robert Shaw, Richard Burton. I knew not to match them for drinks.

I didn't like the bar business.

When it comes to music, something I'm passionate about, and knowing the reach and the power and how it transforms, it saves lives. Music does.

I'm not very good at staying up late and drinking or any of that stuff. It sort of freaks me out.

I know music is just powerful in itself and to have someone say the words that I sat down and wrote changed their life or made them feel a certain way, that hits something in you.

People say to me about my music 'it got me through college, it saved my marriage, it helped me to come out.' It's wonderful to be part of someone's life in a big way.'

Our partying was governed by licensing hours. When the pub or club shut, that would be it.

Without Slipknot, I would not necessarily be where I am today.

If a song or group hits you at the right time in your life, it's everything. It's bigger than school or family or anything else.

The most incredible part of seeing people embrace and recognize my music is experiencing the lives of people when they are powerfully affected, encouraged, and personally impacted.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

I can be drunk until 6 in the morning, and then I don't have to show up to work until 14 hours later.