David Byrne Quotes

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• I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends,…
• Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on…
• From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really…
• I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do…
• I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity…
• 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. It's…
• Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
• When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a…
• The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.
• To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.
• My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
• I found music to be the therapy of choice.
• Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.
• Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.
• Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.
• I love getting out of my comfort zone.
• I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.
• That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
• The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in…
• To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

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