“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.”
Car
“I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.”
MusicAll Quotes by David Byrne
“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.'”
Politics“With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.”
Music“Architecture theory is very interesting.”
Architecture“Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.”
Business“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.”
Music“Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms.”
Home“You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.”
Music“I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.”
Music“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.”
Home“There's more good music being made now than ever before.”
Music“It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.”
Marriage“Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.”
Beauty“We tend to mistake music for the physical object.”
Music“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.”
Fear“Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.”
Attitude“It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.”
Music“My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.”
Food“I found music to be the therapy of choice.”
Music“I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.”
Business