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
minimum reduce risk trying
We can say we're trying to reduce the risk to the minimum but there is no such thing as risk-free,
thinking trying balance
I think sometimes I get carried away, like I'm speaking to an imaginary audience rather than just trying to figure something out for myself. Ideally, I try to balance that - that I'm asking these questions of myself, how does this work, why does this happen, what's going on here.
fun home trying
I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.
marijuana smoking trying
The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.
clothes trying my-own
I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else
european immediate required response
required an immediate response from the European Union.
people shocked
People need to be shocked out of their complacency about tobacco,
bring course earliest expect january last months six
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.
concerned
I would be concerned that it could be characterized as being a diktat from Brussels.
activity adrenaline automatic awake bubble physical properly seem sensation sort themselves wakes
The physical sensation of gliding with the wind in your face is exhilarating. That automatic activity of pedalling, when you have to be awake but not think too much, allows you to let subconscious thoughts bubble up, and things seem to just sort themselves out. And the adrenaline wakes you up if you weren't properly alert.
time
I've got nothing to say most of the time.
found guess music therapy
I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.
attitudes change civic depending
Do creative, social, and civic attitudes change depending on where we live? Yes, I think so.
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I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes.