David Byrne
"Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?"
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"Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?"
"لِمَ لا نستثمر في مستقبل الموسيقى، بدلًا من تشييد الحصون لصون ماضيها؟"
David Byrne
"I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car."
"لا أستمع إلى الراديو كثيرًا، ولعلّ ذلك يعود إلى أنني لا أمتلك سيارة."
David Byrne
"I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down."
"لا أقترح أن يهجر الناس آلاتهم الموسيقية ويبدأوا بالعزف على سياراتهم وشققهم، لكنني أرى أن عهد الموسيقى كسلعة يصنعها المحترفون وحدهم قد يكون في طريقه إلى الأفول."
David Byrne
"There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking."
"لركوب الدراجة قدرٌ من الحرية: فأنت محرك نفسك، وتقرر وجهتك بدقة. إن لمحت شيئًا يلفت انتباهك إلى اليسار، يمكنك الانعطاف نحوه، وهو أمر ليس باليسير في السيارة، كما أنك لا تستطيع قطع المسافة ذاتها سيرًا على الأقدام."
David Byrne
"I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car."
"لا أستمع إلى الراديو قط إلا إذا استأجرت سيارة."
David Byrne
"You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car."
"يمكنك أن تعلم أو لا تعلم كيف تعمل السيارة، ومع ذلك تستمتع بالركوب فيها."
David Byrne
"On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the goings-on in one's own town."
"على الدراجة، بارتفاع طفيف فوق مستوى أعين المشاة والسيارات، ينعم المرء بمنظر مثالي لما يدور في بلدته."
David Byrne
"Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter."
"الجمال الحقيقي يزلزل كيانك قليلاً."
David Byrne
"I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it."
"أقرأ النيويورك تايمز، لكنني لا أثق بكل ما فيها."
David Byrne
"To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that."
"إلى حدٍّ ما، يسعدني جهلي بما أفعله. وأرى أن من مسؤولية الفنان أن يثق بهذا الشعوره."
David Byrne
"It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix."
"لم يكن زواجاً سعيداً على الدوام. أظنني كنت أبحث عن حلٍّ عاجل."
David Byrne
"My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food."
"أحب أوقات يومي حين أستيقظ لأتناول بقايا عشاء الأمس، لا سيما إن كانت حارة."
David Byrne
"With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters."
David Byrne
"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray."
David Byrne
"It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though' What makes one more valuable than another?"
David Byrne
"I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass."
David Byrne
"Simplicity is a kind of transparency in which subtle nuances can have outsize effects."
David Byrne
"It was a uniform that signified that one was a kind of downtown aesthete; not necessarily nihilistic, but a monk in the bohemian order."
David Byrne
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