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
dolls wanted
I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.
trouble i-can can-do
I have trouble imagining what I could do that's beyond the practicality of what I can do.
producers begging
I don't like begging money from producers.
writing stuff agendas
I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.
cynical these-days yeah
Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.
years taught relief
For years we have been taught not to like things. Finally somebody said it was OK to like things. This was a great relief. It was getting hard to go around not liking everything.
agency government watches
My favorite term for a new kind of performance is "security theater." In this genre, we watch as ritualized inspections and patdowns create the illusion of security. It's a form that has become common since 9/11, and even the government agencies that participate in this activity acknowledge,off the record, that it is indeed a species of theater.
giving people odd-things
People will do odd things if you give them money....
eye views car
On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the goings-on in one's own town.
song names listening
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.
london beats minutes
London's tempo is 122.86 beats per minute.
travel paradise okay
We're on a road to nowhere, come on inside. Takin' that ride to nowhere, we'll take that ride. I'm feelin' okay this mornin', and you know, we're on the road to paradise, here we go, here we go.
survival musician
I’m not all about money, but, like most musicians, I am about survival.
We don't make music, it makes us