David Byrne
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“I read the NY Times but I don’t trust all of it.” -David Byrne
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“I’ve rarely kept my distance from kind of – I don’t know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, ‘Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.’” -David Byrne
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“There’s something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There’s something that invites all this obsessive behavior.” -David Byrne
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“It’s not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.” -David Byrne
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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 be fascinated by their presence.” -David Byrne
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“It’s a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn’t support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, ‘Well, yeah,’ but you start to think, ‘Why not, though?’ What makes one more valuable than another?” -David Byrne
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“If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It’s really only to be heard when everyone’s out enjoying it.” -David Byrne
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“Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?” -David Byrne
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“There’s a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you’re self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn’t so easy in a car, and you can’t cover as much ground walking.” -David Byrne
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“My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.” -David Byrne
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“I’ve noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it’s various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing.” -David Byrne
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“The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror – not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.” -David Byrne
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“There’s a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you’re self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn’t so easy in a car, and you can’t cover as much ground walking.” -David Byrne
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“Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.” -David Byrne
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“Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.” -David Byrne
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“It’s a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn’t support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, ‘Well, yeah,’ but you start to think, ‘Why not, though?’ What makes one more valuable than another?” -David Byrne
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“It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.” -David Byrne
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“Architecture theory is very interesting.” -David Byrne
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