David Byrne

David Byrne

"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence."
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"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence."
David Byrne
"Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?"
David Byrne
"I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car."
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."
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."
David Byrne
"I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car."
David Byrne
"You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car."
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."
David Byrne
"Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter."
David Byrne
"I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it."
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."
David Byrne
"It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix."
David Byrne
"My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food."
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
"Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style."
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
"I don't care how impossible it seems."
David Byrne
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