Affects Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— David Byrne

I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible.

— 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.…

— David Byrne

When you fall in love, you feel like a missing piece of a puzzle that's been found.

— David Byrne

I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction?

— 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…

— David Byrne

A lot of that worked itself out in the recording.

— David Byrne