Quotes By David Byrne
I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.
David Byrne
All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.
David Byrne
Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols.
David Byrne
The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.
David Byrne
I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary.
David Byrne
It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.
David Byrne
People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.
David Byrne
I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on?
David Byrne
My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
David Byrne
To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
David Byrne