--- title: "17 Way Quotes By David Byrne" description: "17 Way quotes by David Byrne. Plus more from David Byrne and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/david-byrne-1206_cycling_cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way_1322358.jpg" --- > [Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/david-byrne-1206_cycling_cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way_1322358.jpg) > [There's an old joke that you know you're in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. If it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/there-s-an-old-joke-that-you-know-you-re-in-heaven-if-the-cooks-are/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/david-byrne-1206_cooks_there-s-an-old-joke-that-you-know-you-re_424419.jpg) > [Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/performing-is-a-thing-in-itself-a-distinct-skill-different-from/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/david-byrne-1206_different_performing-is-a-thing-in-itself-a-distin_1400365.jpg) > [Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way-it-gives-you-a-moment-to/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/david-byrne-1206_away_cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way_1508065.jpg) > [If I'm feeling that I have an angle or something to say or something where in a way I'm having a conversation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/if-i-m-feeling-that-i-have-an-angle-or-something-to-say-or-something/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/david-byrne-1206_angle_if-i-m-feeling-that-i-have-an-angle-or-s_2558315.jpg) > [Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/some-artists-and-indie-musicians-see-spotify-fairly-positively-as-a/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/david-byrne-1206_art_some-artists-and-indie-musicians-see-spo_1902853.jpg) > [People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/people-in-latin-america-love-america-from-afar-and-emulate-america-in/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/david-byrne-1206_afar_people-in-latin-america-love-america-fro_2657931.jpg) > [PowerPoint may not be of any use for you in a presentation, but it may liberate you in another way, an artistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/powerpoint-may-not-be-of-any-use-for-you-in-a-presentation-but-it-may/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/david-byrne-1206_another_powerpoint-may-not-be-of-any-use-for-you_1820771.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/david-byrne-1206_actual_in-a-certain-way-it-s-the-sound-of-the-w_2927988.jpg) > [I cycled when I was at high school, then reconnected with bikes in New York in the late '70s. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-cycled-when-i-was-at-high-school-then-reconnected-with-bikes-in-new/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d9/david-byrne-1206_around_i-cycled-when-i-was-at-high-school-then_606607.jpg) > [Punk. . .was more a kind of do-it-yourself, anyone-can-do-it attitude. If you only played two notes on the guitar, you could figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/punk-was-more-a-kind-of-do-it-yourself-anyone-can-do-it-attitude-if/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/david-byrne-1206_attitude_punk-was-more-a-kind-of-do-it-yourself-a_2414116.jpg) > [Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/david-byrne-1206_altered_technology-has-altered-the-way-music-sou_106066.jpg) > [I've changed my music from time to time so I'm hoping that I can completely change my life from time to time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-ve-changed-my-music-from-time-to-time-so-i-m-hoping-that-i-can/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbc/david-byrne-1206_another-way_i-ve-changed-my-music-from-time-to-time_799872.jpg) > [Music is relegated to an underground, relatively obscure group of listeners. It's partly because of the nature of the medium. With a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/music-is-relegated-to-an-underground-relatively-obscure-group-of/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/david-byrne-1206_art_music-is-relegated-to-an-underground-rel_2154473.jpg) > [We do express our emotions, our reactions to events, breakups and infatuations, but the way we do that - the art of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/we-do-express-our-emotions-our-reactions-to-events-breakups-and/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/david-byrne-1206_art_we-do-express-our-emotions-our-reactions_2581815.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/david-byrne-1206_believe_i-sense-the-world-might-be-more-dreamlik_770308.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/david-byrne-1206_aspect_maybe-it-s-na-ve-but-i-would-love-to-bel_2650810.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) > [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/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) > [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/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) > [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/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) > [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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/david-byrne/#itemlist", "name": "17 Way Quotes By David Byrne", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Byrne" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/david-byrne-1206_cycling_cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way_1322358.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/david-byrne-1206_cycling_cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way_1322358.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/david-byrne-1206_cycling_cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way_1322358.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.” — David Byrne", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's an old joke that you know you're in heaven if the cooks are Italian and the engineering is German. 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