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, often very productively, within the parameters. -David Byrne Age
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. -David Byrne Car
On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the goings-on in one's own town. -David Byrne 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 isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking. -David Byrne Freedom
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
Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? -David Byrne Future
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. -David Byrne Car
It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another? -David Byrne Learning
It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another? -David Byrne Attitude
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
I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. -David Byrne Business
I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car. -David Byrne Car
My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food. -David Byrne Food
