Devid Byrne Quotes

When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that. To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray. The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove. That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you. That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols. Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence. Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter. Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. 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. My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food. I guess I wanted a quick fix. It's not always been a happy marriage. It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music. I've learned to resist that. I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I'm guarded; I don't talk much. 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. I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same. I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit. I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else. I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it. I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car. I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll. I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover.