Thom Yorke
“I immediately felt a lot better, a lot healthier [when he stopped eating meat]. I was concerned, as many people are, about that ‘you’re not going to get all the things you need in your diet, you’re going to get sick all the time’, but the exact opposite happened to me, so I never looked back.”
Thomas Yorke is a musician, mostly known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (among other things) of the famous rock band Radiohead. He has been cited as one of the most influential figures in the music industry; in 2002, Q magazine named Yorke the 6th most powerful figure in music, and Radiohead were ranked No. 73 in Rolling Stone‘s “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” in 2005. Yorke has also been cited among the greatest singers in popular music; in 2005, a poll organized by Blender and MTV2 saw Yorke voted the 18th greatest singer of all time, and in 2008, he was ranked 66th in Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Singers of All Time” list.
Yorke has been an ethical vegan for many years.