Music was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, but after you did, it was over,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
A lot of cities are making a real effort, neighborhood by neighborhood, to make themselves into a place where life can be… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy, but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Real sadness is such an all-encompassing intense thing that it takes you out of your humdrum existence. If you can still function,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Living "in" a story, being part of a narrative, is much more satisfying than living without one. I don't always know what… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
We've gone through the urban renewal cycle in the '60s and '70s that really did a lot of damage to the fabric… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've changed my music from time to time so I'm hoping that I can completely change my life from time to time,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out… — David Byrne Copy Share
Human beings have the incredible capacity for denial. I think they do. And although it's really hard to believe, I have my doubts. But… — David Byrne Copy Share
I remember talking with Arcade Fire after their first record, when they were getting all kinds of offers from major labels, and I don't… — David Byrne Copy Share
I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly… — David Byrne Copy Share
I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable.… — David Byrne Copy Share
“All that interconnectedness that facilitated much of the explosion of megawealth over the last decade also facilitated the interpenetration of everything, so no one… — David Byrne Copy Share
“I pick up a copy of Newsweek on the plane and immediately notice how biased, slanted, and opinionated all the U.S. newsmagazine articles are.… — David Byrne Copy Share
When you fall in love, you feel like a missing piece of a puzzle that's been found. — David Byrne Copy Share
I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction? — David Byrne Copy Share
Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The… — David Byrne Copy Share
Sometimes the European and North American public like some things to be exotic and kept at arm's length. They don't want sometimes to know… — David Byrne Copy Share
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? — David Byrne Copy Share
