“You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.”
Music
“Architecture theory is very interesting.”
ArchitectureAll Quotes by David Byrne
“I found music to be the therapy of choice.”
Music“Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?”
Future“It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.”
Music“There's more good music being made now than ever before.”
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“The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.”
Death“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“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.”
Love“I don't like begging money from producers.”
Money“You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.”
Car“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“People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.”
Music“The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.”
Music“We don't make music - it makes us.”
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“I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.”
Car“Architecture theory is very interesting.”
Architecture“Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.”
Beauty“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.”
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