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
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I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?
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We do express our emotions, our reactions to events, breakups and infatuations, but the way we do that - the art of it - is in putting them into prescribed forms or squeezing them into new forms that perfectly fit some emerging context. That’s part of the creative process, and we do it instinctively; we internalize it, like birds do. And it’s a joy to sing, like the birds do.
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Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.
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I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.
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I have no nostalgia for the location whatsoever. I appreciate what Hilly did. It's about his policy. It's about those creative business decisions that he made. It's not about the building.
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Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves him right for being so good.
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We can say we're trying to reduce the risk to the minimum but there is no such thing as risk-free,
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I expect that we will achieve consensus on Monday,
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I would expect the earliest we can bring this (temporary ban) in would be January 1. It will last six months but of course it will be under continual assessment.
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I would be concerned that it could be characterized as being a diktat from Brussels.