David Byrne

I love writing. I don't claim to be great at it. Occasionally I get a good sentence off. But I love the…

— David Byrne

With a lot of what we take to be true feelings, especially on pop records, we feel them because they're cleverly crafted.…

— David Byrne

I’m not all about money, but, like most musicians, I am about survival.

— David Byrne

A dissection of music perception and creation that starts slowly and inexorably builds to a grand finish. I loved reading that listening…

— David Byrne

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…

— David Byrne

I've noticed that when I am selling a lot of records, certain things become easier. I'm not talking about getting a table…

— David Byrne

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

Interviewer: If I gave you fifty dollars, right now, what would you do with it?David Byrne: I would get something to eat.

— David Byrne

Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don't buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when…

— David Byrne

Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration.

— David Byrne

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry…

— David Byrne

Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored.

— David Byrne

There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was…

— David Byrne

“Likewise—now don’t laugh—cars and trucks should view the bike lanes as if they are sacrosanct. A driver would never think of riding…

— David Byrne

What's been missing from digital music sales has been the possibility of added depth. In a printed package one can only include…

— David Byrne

I cycled when I was at high school, then reconnected with bikes in New York in the late '70s. It was a…

— David Byrne

Another Elvis will not come along. He got wasted, but it's alright.

— David Byrne

We don't make music, it makes us

— David Byrne

When it became easy enough to do dairy online, then I just thought, "Oh, I'll start doing this. I'll put the parts…

— David Byrne

Things fall apart, it's scientific.

— David Byrne

I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while.…

— David Byrne

“A soap opera character on the bar TV says, "You killed him, you smothered him with doughnuts!" Another character, another scene--she is…

— David Byrne

“Some of you people just about missed it”

— David Byrne

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.

— David Byrne

I think sometimes I get carried away, like I'm speaking to an imaginary audience rather than just trying to figure something out…

— David Byrne