...if photos can reproduce the world more perfectly than any painter, can capture an instant, a look, a gesture, then what makes… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
In retrospect, I can see I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
You go to a festival, you know you're not going to play all new material at a festival. The audience is not… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music… — 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
So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
When you fall in love, you feel like a missing piece of a puzzle that's been found. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
