“But I got into music, because I naively thought that pop music was basically the only viable art form left, because the art world is run by a few very extremely, um, privileged people and is ultimately corrupt and barren of any context. And I thought that the pop music industry was different and I was fucking wrong, because I went to the Brits and I saw it everywhere and it’s the same thing. It’s a lot of women who couldn’t fit in their cocktail dresses and lots of men in black ties who essentially didn’t want to be there, but were. And I was there and we were all committing the same offence. All my favorite artists are people who never seem to be involved in the industry and I found myself getting involved in it, and I felt really ashamed to be there.

I don’t think young people are as demoralized as the media and government would like us to think. The obvious sign of that is how strong and how close personal connections are and how much people are able to build a life for themselves, despite all this stuff that’s been thrown at them.” – Thom Yorke – Interview