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
cycling joy faster
Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.
sea two stories
I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?
running car riding
You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.
green rolling hills
I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.
dance dancing shakes
To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.
thinking bicycle
It's more about the stuff you think about when you're getting from place to place on a bicycle than it is about actually riding the bicycle.
people faces stage
I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.
choices found therapy
I found music to be the therapy of choice.
thinking people culture
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.
mean race views
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dots filling-in filling
Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.
reality uprising littles
I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.
inspirational music responsibility
To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
beauty real littles
Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.