Tom York

I was also thinking, of course, the only reason I chose that to make it look like I'm smart.

So I could whack one classical piece in and I'm like, OK, phew.

No false modesty on this programme because you have taken a new route into classical music, as you said.

In fact, encouraged by them.

They kept saying, you should write something for us.

I'm like, ha, ha, ha, can't read music.

And then I realised, actually, I didn't really need to read music.

I'd just do it on the computer.

Radiohead have enjoyed 34 years together.

What about being a lead vocalist for all those years?

Do you have to take care of your voice when you're not on stage or recording?

I used to have, when we first started, I had a lot of problems with my voice because I'd not really ever done it before and because I was drinking myself senseless all the time.

That didn't help.

And I sort of had a wake-up call.

I had to give up smoking.

I found myself in a Harley Street doctor's one time and he was really cool and he explained the exact physics of the voice and why you need to do this and this with it and blah, blah, blah.

And then there was a time when I was working with Bjork.

We went out somewhere and got really trashed.

And then the next morning I woke up to the sound of her warming up.

What's that like?