David Byrne Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by David Byrne
David Byrne Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Western music in the Middle Ages was performed in these stone-walled gothic cathedrals, and in architecturally similar monasteries and cloisters.
Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.
There are two conversations going on at the same time: the story and a conversation about how the story is being told.
I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?
People in Latin America ... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.
To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
I can't tell one from the other:I find you or you find me?There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this is where I'll be.
PowerPoint may not be of any use for you in a presentation, but it may liberate you in another way, an artistic way. Who knows.
I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
My take is that the kind of complexity which says we can always generate complexity from simple interactions following for example rules.
Everyone was doing that in their own way, rejecting things and moving on. It's just a part of discovering who you are; it's nothing special.
Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.
I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.
I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.
...I would hope very much that the converse of that myth isn't true - that one does not have to be nuts to be creative.
I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.
I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary.
Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.
Every outfit carries cultural baggage of some kind. It took me a while to get a handle on this aspect of performance.
It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.
One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.
There's a pervasive feeling that when somebody sings a song and records a song on a record, that it's their true feeling.
I wanted to find a reason not to be cynical - to have some faith even when nothing around me seemed to justify it.
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
Crime is a job. Sex is a job. Growing up is a job. School is a job. Going to parties is a job. Religion is a job. Being creative is a job
The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.
With the advent of recorded music in 1878, the nature of the places in which music was heard changed.
I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while. For some people, anyway.
Interviewer: If I gave you fifty dollars, right now, what would you do with it?David Byrne: I would get something to eat.
I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.