When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with… — 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
When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“and echoes to my singing. More sounds went on—an arc-like melody created using an echo machine, and then a guitar solo at… — 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
