--- title: "13 You Quotes By David Byrne" description: "13 You quotes by David Byrne. Plus more from David Byrne and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/david-byrne-1206_away_cycling-can-be-lonely-but-in-a-good-way_1508065.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) > [Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/before-recording-technology-existed-you-could-not-separate-music-from/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/264/david-byrne-1206_before_before-recording-technology-existed-you_901165.jpg) > [Technology has allowed people to make records really cheap. You can make a record on a laptop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/technology-has-allowed-people-to-make-records-really-cheap-you-can/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/david-byrne-1206_allowed_technology-has-allowed-people-to-make-re_1118331.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/david-byrne-1206_ask_people-are-already-finding-ways-to-make_1077590.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/david-byrne-1206_after_music-was-an-experience-intimately-marri_1745082.jpg) > [I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don't censor yourself, you end up with what you're most concerned about, but you haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-use-a-stream-of-consciousness-approach-if-you-don-t-censor-yourself/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/david-byrne-1206_about_i-use-a-stream-of-consciousness-approach_2009960.jpg) > [The physical sensation of gliding with the wind in your face is exhilarating. That automatic activity of pedalling, when you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/the-physical-sensation-of-gliding-with-the-wind-in-your-face-is/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/david-byrne-1206_activity_the-physical-sensation-of-gliding-with-t_2074055.jpg) > [There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/there-s-a-certain-amount-of-freedom-involved-in-cycling-you-re-self/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/david-byrne-1206_amount_there-s-a-certain-amount-of-freedom-invo_2665576.jpg) > [I encourage people not to be passive consumers of music and of culture in general. And feeling like, yeah, you can enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-encourage-people-not-to-be-passive-consumers-of-music-and-of/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/david-byrne-1206_connection_i-encourage-people-not-to-be-passive-con_2494624.jpg) > [Forces that you might think are utterly unrelated to creativity can have a big impact. Technology, obviously, but environment, too. Even financial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/forces-that-you-might-think-are-utterly-unrelated-to-creativity-can/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/david-byrne-1206_actual_forces-that-you-might-think-are-utterly_2649986.jpg) > [I certainly agree that putting everything into little genres is counterproductive. You're not going to get too many surprises if you only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/i-certainly-agree-that-putting-everything-into-little-genres-is/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/david-byrne-1206_agree_i-certainly-agree-that-putting-everythin_1086796.jpg) > [You go to a festival, you know you're not going to play all new material at a festival. The audience is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/you-go-to-a-festival-you-know-you-re-not-going-to-play-all-new/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b2/david-byrne-1206_audience_you-go-to-a-festival-you-know-you-re-not_1978831.jpg) > [Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-byrne/doing-the-box-set-is-one-of-those-things-where-you-get-to-rewrite/) [David Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-byrne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/david-byrne-1206_better_doing-the-box-set-is-one-of-those-things_263260.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## 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/you/david-byrne/#itemlist", "name": "13 You Quotes By David Byrne", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. 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