David Byrne Quotes

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

Love, Nothing, Sometimes

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

Death, True, Try

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.
David Byrne

Aware, Shake, Rump

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
David Byrne

Food, Time, Eat

Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.
David Byrne

Choices, Paralyze, Unlimited

I found music to be the therapy of choice.
David Byrne

Music, Choice, Found

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.
David Byrne

Great, Rich, Young

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
David Byrne

Trust, Artist, Happily

When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke.
David Byrne

Stupid, Help, Everything

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.
David Byrne

Time, Joy, Head

I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.
David Byrne

Vote, Election, Green

I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
David Byrne

Business, Emotional, Body

I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.
David Byrne

Music, Home, Fun

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.
David Byrne

Big, Guy, Known

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

Become, Place, Afraid

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
David Byrne

That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
David Byrne

Pictures, Seduce

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.
David Byrne

Music, Why, Often

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.
David Byrne

Few, Couple, Needed

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?
David Byrne

Off, Wants, Analysis

Architecture theory is very interesting.
David Byrne

Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.
David Byrne

Business, Community, Artists

As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable.
David Byrne

Everything, Become, Idea

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.
David Byrne

Good, Lonely, Cycling

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then.
David Byrne

Through, Meaning, Run

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Born: May 14, 1952

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