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David Byrne Quotes

David Byrne quotes

Scottish Musician March 14, 1952

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Creative work is more accurately a machine that digs down and finds stuff, emotional stuff that will someday be raw material that can be used to produce more stuff, stuff like itself - clay to be available for future use. David Byrne
David Byrne quote: "It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the..."
It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music. David Byrne
I wouldn't be surprised if poetry - poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs - is how the world works. The world isn't logical; it's a song. David Byrne
As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again. David Byrne
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
David Byrne quote: "I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings..."
I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. David Byrne
David Byrne quote: "I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at..."
I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. David Byrne
David Byrne quote: "All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords..."
All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label. David Byrne
David Byrne quote: "I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills."
I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills. David Byrne
Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Facts all come with points of view. Facts don't do what I want them to. Facts just twist the truth around. Facts are living turned inside out. David Byrne
David Byrne quote: "That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you."
That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you. David Byrne
I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary. David Byrne
David Byrne quote: "That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why..."
That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? David Byrne
For years we have been taught not to like things. Finally somebody said it was OK to like things. This was a great relief. It was getting hard to go around not liking everything. David Byrne
David Byrne quote: "I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from..."
I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? David Byrne

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