Quotes by David Byrne

“I don't care how impossible it seems.”

“Everyone was doing that in their own way, rejecting things and moving on. It's just a part of discovering who you are; it's nothing special.”

“There's a good chance that you might be inspired by ideas that originate outside of yourself.”

“There are two conversations going on at the same time: the story and a conversation about how the story is being told.”

“One forgets that part of one's performance is one's historyor sometimes the lack of it. You're playing against what an audience knows, what they expect. This seems to be true of all performers; the...”

“I pick up a copy of Newsweek on the plane and immediately notice how biased, slanted, and opinionated all the U.S. newsmagazine articles are. Not that the Euro and British press aren't biased as we...”

“The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you.”

“Simplicity is a kind of transparency in which subtle nuances can have outsize effects.”

“The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.”

“With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, oft...”

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

“It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.”

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

“I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.”

“Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.”

“You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.”

“I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.”

“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 ...”

“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.”

“I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car.”