David Byrne
David Byrne
David Byrneis a Scottish-born American musician who was the founding member, principal songwriter, and lead singer and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads, active between 1975 and 1991...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth14 May 1952
CityDumbarton, Scotland
art believe bullshit
I don’t believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That’s bullshit.
believe voice singers
The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying.
may wells
You may say to yourself: "Well, how did I get here?
song believe design
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.
simple views lazy
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.
fall falling-apart
Things fall apart, it's scientific.
new-york ambition artist
I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.
new-york moving water
One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy‚ but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat‚ and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune.
wave bus passengers
I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction?
clothes trying my-own
I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else
distance people looks
Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people....
song world logical
The world isn't logical, it's a song,
dumb details visible
When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that's when the details take on larger meanings.
I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same