Forces that you might think are utterly unrelated to creativity can have a big impact. Technology, obviously, but environment, too. Even financial… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
What's been missing from digital music sales has been the possibility of added depth. In a printed package one can only include… — 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
With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The wage for most musicians is a modest amount, and that includes me some of the time. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people that don't scour websites regularly or read music reviews. They need whatever, the other kinds of… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas. — 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
