As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again. David Byrne More Quotes by David Byrne More Quotes From David Byrne 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 marijuana smoking trying We live in ugly times. David Byrne ugly I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car. David Byrne car radio It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music. David Byrne lasts play world It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas. David Byrne emotional ideas art It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix. David Byrne quick-fixes happy-marriage wedding I'm concerned that my technical skills have advanced to the point where I can get closer to what I'm aiming for, which is not such a good thing. David Byrne concerned good-things skills I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible. David Byrne writing song thinking Architecture theory is very interesting. David Byrne architecture theory interesting Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community. David Byrne suspicious community artist Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional. David Byrne frank beautiful Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored. David Byrne mundane-life ignored decision I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it. David Byrne relevant everyday thinking I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. David Byrne bass emotional body I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election. David Byrne election green cards I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff. David Byrne agendas stuff writing 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 rich-poor voting one-day I don't like begging money from producers. David Byrne begging producers I have trouble imagining what I could do that's beyond the practicality of what I can do. David Byrne i-can trouble can-do I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll. David Byrne dolls wanted
