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title: "52 Song Quotes By David Byrne"
description: "David Byrne’s song quotes discuss album formats, artistic purpose, and the emotional build‑up of well‑crafted music."
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> [I found music to be the therapy of choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-found-music-to-be-the-therapy-of-choice/)

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

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> [“Music isn't fragile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/music-isn-t-fragile/)

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

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> [The world isn't logical, it's a song,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/the-world-isn-t-logical-it-s-a-song/)

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

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> [I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-found-music-to-be-the-therapy-of-choice-i-guess-it-is-for-a-lot-of/)

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

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> [Music has to be sort of ignorable sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/music-has-to-be-sort-of-ignorable-sometimes/)

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

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> [Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/punk-was-defined-by-an-attitude-rather-than-a-musical-style/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/when-we-started-a-lot-of-bands-sounded-really-different-from-one/)

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

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> [We tend to mistake music for the physical object.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/we-tend-to-mistake-music-for-the-physical-object/)

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

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> [There's still a feeling that uncensored emotions make a good song. They don't. Pure emotion is just somebody screaming at you, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/there-s-still-a-feeling-that-uncensored-emotions-make-a-good-song/)

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

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> [Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/television-sounded-really-different-than-the-ramones-sounded-really/)

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

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> [I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-resent-the-implication-that-i-m-less-of-a-musician-and-a-worse/)

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

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> [I can't deny that label-support gave me a leg up - though not every successful artist needs it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-can-t-deny-that-label-support-gave-me-a-leg-up-though-not-every/)

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

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> [Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/singing-is-a-trick-to-get-people-to-listen-to-music-for-longer-than/)

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

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> [It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/it-seems-almost-backwards-to-me-that-my-music-seems-the-more/)

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

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> [With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/with-music-you-often-don-t-have-to-translate-it-it-just-affects-you/)

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

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> [The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/the-imminent-demise-of-the-large-record-companies-as-gatekeepers-of/)

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

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> [There are a lot of people that don't scour websites regularly or read music reviews. They need whatever, the other kinds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/there-are-a-lot-of-people-that-don-t-scour-websites-regularly-or-read/)

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

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> [In the future, women will have breasts all over. In the future, it will be a relief to find a place without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/in-the-future-women-will-have-breasts-all-over-in-the-future-it-will/)

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

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> [When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/when-i-was-in-high-school-there-were-these-british-blues-rock-type/)

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

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> [I think that if they want people to listen to ten or twelve songs, they have to give the listener a reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-think-that-if-they-want-people-to-listen-to-ten-or-twelve-songs/)

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

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> [In a certain way, it's the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way…](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/)

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> [Something about music urges us to engage with its larger context, beyond the piece of plastic it came on-it seems to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/something-about-music-urges-us-to-engage-with-its-larger-context/)

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

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-ve-made-money-and-i-ve-been-ripped-off-i-ve-had-creative-freedom/)

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

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> [“I wouldn't be surprised if poetry - poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-wouldn-t-be-surprised-if-poetry-poetry-in-the-broadest-sense-in-the/)

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

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> [“and echoes to my singing. More sounds went on—an arc-like melody created using an echo machine, and then a guitar solo at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/and-echoes-to-my-singing-more-sounds-went-on-an-arc-like-melody/)

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

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> [I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-sense-the-world-might-be-more-dreamlike-metaphorical-and-poetic/)

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

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> [Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/maybe-it-s-na-ve-but-i-would-love-to-believe-that-once-you-grow-to/)

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

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> [A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/a-dissection-of-music-perception-and-creation-that-starts-slowly-and/)

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

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> [I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-still-feel-like-if-i-can-get-a-song-to-work-with-say-a-basic-beat-a/)

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

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> [With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're cleverly crafted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/with-a-lot-of-what-we-take-to-be-true-feelings-especially-on-pop/)

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

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> [There's still a feeling that uncensored emotions make a good song. They don't. Pure emotion is just somebody screaming at you, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/there-s-still-a-feeling-that-uncensored-emotions-make-a-good-song-2/)

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

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> [“But at times words can be a dangerous addition to music — they can pin it down. Words imply that the music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/but-at-times-words-can-be-a-dangerous-addition-to-music-they-can-pin/)

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

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> [There's a pervasive feeling that when somebody sings a song and records a song on a record, that it's their true feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/there-s-a-pervasive-feeling-that-when-somebody-sings-a-song-and/)

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

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> [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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> [Music was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, but after you did, it was over,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/music-was-an-experience-intimately-married-to-your-life-you-could-pay/)

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

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> [I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-do-seem-to-like-to-combine-the-dramatic-emotional-warmth-of-strings/)

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

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> [People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/people-are-already-finding-ways-to-make-their-music-and-play-it-in/)

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

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> [All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/all-you-needed-was-a-couple-of-instruments-and-a-few-chords-and-you/)

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

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> [I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house…love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-try-to-write-about-small-things-paper-animals-a-house-love-is-kind/)

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

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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