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title: "2 Actual Quotes By David Byrne"
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> [Forces that you might think are utterly unrelated to creativity can have a big impact. Technology, obviously, but environment, too. Even financial structures can affect the actual content of a song. The making of music is profoundly affected by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/forces-that-you-might-think-are-utterly-unrelated-to-creativity-can/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/david-byrne-1206_actual_forces-that-you-might-think-are-utterly_2649986.jpg)

> [In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way it fits the melody and the way the syllables are on the tongue that has as much of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/in-a-certain-way-it-s-the-sound-of-the-words-the-inflection-and-the/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/david-byrne-1206_actual_in-a-certain-way-it-s-the-sound-of-the-w_2927988.jpg)

## More by David Byrne

> [The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/the-voting-booth-joint-is-a-great-leveler-the-whole-neighborhood-rich/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/human-beings-have-the-incredible-capacity-for-denial-i-think-they-do/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-remember-talking-with-arcade-fire-after-their-first-record-when/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-ride-my-bike-almost-every-day-here-in-new-york-it-s-getting-safer/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-ve-been-asking-myself-why-put-together-these-things-cds-albums-the/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [“All that interconnectedness that facilitated much of the explosion of megawealth over the last decade also facilitated the interpenetration of everything, so no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/all-that-interconnectedness-that-facilitated-much-of-the-explosion-of/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-think-sometimes-not-always-i-write-songs-that-are-accessible/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-pick-up-a-copy-of-newsweek-on-the-plane-and-immediately-notice-how/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [When you fall in love, you feel like a missing piece of a puzzle that's been found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/when-you-fall-in-love-you-feel-like-a-missing-piece-of-a-puzzle-that/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-wave-to-the-double-decker-buses-from-my-bike-but-the-passengers/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/technology-has-altered-the-way-music-sounds-how-it-s-composed-and-how/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [A lot of that worked itself out in the recording.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/a-lot-of-that-worked-itself-out-in-the-recording/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-came-to-new-york-to-be-a-fine-artist-that-was-my-ambition/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/sometimes-the-european-and-north-american-public-like-some-things-to/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

> [Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/why-not-invest-in-the-future-of-music-instead-of-building-fortresses/)

[David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/)

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