I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two? David Byrne More Quotes by David Byrne More Quotes From David Byrne 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. David Byrne fidgetingcommonlove I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp. David Byrne writingsonganimal Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create. David Byrne intuitioncreativepeople The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. David Byrne uniqueselftwo I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. David Byrne astronautagentssecret People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit. David Byrne remembers-youremember-youpeople I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn't be surprised if poetry--poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs--is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song. David Byrne designsongbelieve Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. David Byrne cyclinglonelyway Schools are for training people how to listen to other people. David Byrne trainingpeopleschool I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is. David Byrne colorwhitesky I don't care how impossible it seems. David Byrne careseemsimpossible I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself. David Byrne advertisementsversions When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke. David Byrne ridiculousstupidbears With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why. David Byrne translatemusicknows It's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off. David Byrne bedgirluse Creative work is more accurately a machine that digs down and finds stuff, emotional stuff that will someday be raw material that can be used to produce more stuff, stuff like itself - clay to be available for future use. David Byrne clayemotionalcreative We do express our emotions, our reactions to events, breakups and infatuations, but the way we do that - the art of it - is in putting them into prescribed forms or squeezing them into new forms that perfectly fit some emerging context. That’s part of the creative process, and we do it instinctively; we internalize it, like birds do. And it’s a joy to sing, like the birds do. David Byrne breakupcreativeart My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food. David Byrne leftoversdinnerfood 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 cylindersephemeralmusic-is 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 degreesagethinking
