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 More Quotes by David Byrne More Quotes From David Byrne Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Facts all come with points of view. Facts don't do what I want them to. Facts just twist the truth around. Facts are living turned inside out. David Byrne lazysimpleviews Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The world is awash with (mostly) recorded sounds. We used to have to pay for music or make it ourselves; playing, hearing and experiencing it was exceptional, a rare and special experience. Now hearing it is ubiquitous, and silence is the rarity that we pay for and savor. David Byrne technologysilencespecial Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter. David Byrne reallittlesbeauty Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details. David Byrne detailsexcitingdrama ...if photos can reproduce the world more perfectly than any painter, can capture an instant, a look, a gesture, then what makes a painting good anymore? Painting subverts this subversion of its traditional nature by redefining itself - art is idea, not simply skillful execution. So, a work can be crudely made, or even machine made - but it has to be practically and functionally useless. David Byrne uselessideasart To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware. David Byrne shakesdancingdance You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends. David Byrne concertscommunitytalking Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head. David Byrne cyclingfasterjoy I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert. David Byrne concertsvideoused So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame. David Byrne culturepeoplethinking In the future, women will have breasts all over. In the future, it will be a relief to find a place without culture. In the future, plates of food will have names and titles. In the future, we will all drive standing up. In the future, love will be taught on television and by listening to pop songs. David Byrne nameslisteningsong That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? David Byrne suitstombstonelying I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary David Byrne unnecessarytriumphworld Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law. David Byrne guitarlawpeople I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction? David Byrne passengersbuswave Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? David Byrne lobotomyanalysiswant I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing. David Byrne drawingartistmoving There are plenty of people who are, I think, completely racist who love hip-hop. David Byrne hip-hoppeoplethinking Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days. David Byrne cynicalthese-daysyeah Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce. David Byrne emotional-turmoildivorceemotional
