"Music is relegated to an underground, relatively obscure……" — David Byrne
"Music is relegated to an underground, relatively obscure group of listeners. It's partly because of the nature of the medium. With a piece of visual art, you can look at something ugly, brutal and in your face, but it's kind of - there it is. It doesn't take you over in the same way that putting on the music at a certain volume does."
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David Byrne
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182 Quotes by David Byrne
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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…
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Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic.…
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From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all…
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I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically…
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
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I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well,…
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Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still…
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When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help…
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The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the…
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To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.
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My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
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I found music to be the therapy of choice.
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