I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same David Byrne More Quotes by David Byrne More Quotes From David Byrne I resent the implication that I'm less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works. David Byrne appreciate musician certain I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? David Byrne creativity creative artist One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail. David Byrne benefits clubs years Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily. David Byrne singing music people Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you're going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there's a kind of bundle. David Byrne effort together song 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 symphony attitude thinking 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 people thinking I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster. David Byrne faster people thinking Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then. David Byrne central-park parks running I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff. David Byrne home fun trying When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another. David Byrne band different There's more good music being made now than ever before. David Byrne made 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. David Byrne listening people years 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. David Byrne home littles two Often I don't know what the song means until it's finished. Sometimes months later. I don't think that's bad. It implies that I don't know what I'm doing but-I think if you're able to follow your instincts, then that's knowing what you're doing. David Byrne song mean thinking As I define it, rock and roll is dead. The attitude isn't dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn't have the same meaning. The attitude, though, is still very much alive - and it still informs other kinds of music. David Byrne rock-and-roll rocks attitude I've changed my music from time to time so I'm hoping that I can completely change my life from time to time, too. Like live in another land, in another place, and just get completely soaked up in another way of being. Could be in this country or another country, somewhere were you can be reborn a number of times not just creatively, but personally as well. I guess I want to go through life as more than one person. David Byrne change life country I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition. David Byrne artist ambition new-york The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. David Byrne singers voice believe Things fall apart, it's scientific. David Byrne falling-apart fall
