There's still a feeling that uncensored emotions make a good song. They don't. Pure emotion is just somebody screaming at you, or… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn't… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details. — David Byrne Copy Share Image
Real sadness is such an all-encompassing intense thing that it takes you out of your humdrum existence. If you can still function,… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car. — 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
