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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David Byrne
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About David Byrne
David Byrne is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band Talking Heads.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by David ByrneIt'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…
If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.
Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms.
I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
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 is…
My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
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I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing.
The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.
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 is…
I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car.
You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.
I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.
Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.
I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.
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…
Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.
It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.
Architecture theory is very interesting.