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
attitude rock-and-roll rocks
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.
school people training
Schools are for training people how to listen to other people.
people looks ridiculous
People look ridiculous when they?re in ecstasy....
light giving photographer
Is giving in to the photographer's presumably natural impulse to compose and light well sometimes okay and not okay other times?
song mean thinking
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.
music-is affected
The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.
records demise world
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
years benefits clubs
One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.
band scene groove
The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.
chaos assumption mess
The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?
contact humans
Physical contact is a human necessity.
people magazines stuff
People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper.
use may way
PowerPoint may not be of any use for you in a presentation, but it may liberate you in another way, an artistic way. Who knows.
attitude musical style
Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.