"There's a great temptation to clean everything up……" — David Byrne
"There's a great temptation to clean everything up and make everything more perfect. You have to know when to stop and stop doing it, or you might end up with something that sounds metronomic."
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182 Quotes by David Byrne
David Byrne has 182 quotes on this site.
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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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I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
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Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.
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Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source…
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Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to…
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We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean…
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I don't think it's too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don't wind up dying of…
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When a country wants television more than they want clean water, they've lost their grip.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the…
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First time he kissed me, he but only kissed The fingers of this hand wherewith I write; And, ever since,…
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll…
— Charles Bukowski
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