David Byrne quotes - page 4

I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works. (David Byrne)
You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car. View quote
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From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really did it properly, which New York is getting to little by little. View quote
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There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop. View quote
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I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.' View quote
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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. View quote
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Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you're going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there's a kind of bundle. View quote
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Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored. View quote
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Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then. View quote
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The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. View quote
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People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper. (David Byrne)
I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster. View quote
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The making of music is profoundly affected by the market. View quote
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I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition. View quote
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I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible. View quote
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I'm very much into making lists and breaking things apart into categories. View quote
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It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas. View quote
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The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day. View quote
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We live in ugly times. View quote
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Architecture theory is very interesting. View quote
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Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community. (David Byrne)
The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over? View quote
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Suburban houses and tin sheds are often the objects of ridicule. View quote
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We don't make music, it makes us. View quote
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Physical contact is a human necessity. View quote
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