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David Byrne
David Byrne
Scottish Musician
Born: May 14, 1952
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I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car. David Byrne
Car Could Because Very Listen Much Radio
Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored. David Byrne
Life Tends Lot Accumulate Gets Often Which Decisions Ignored Mundane
The arts don't exist in isolation. David Byrne
Isolation Exist Arts
There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking. David Byrne
Freedom You Car Cycling Eye Easy Exactly See Something Involved Go Cover Off Left Walking Where Decide Which Much Certain Your Ground Amount
Technology has allowed people to make records really cheap. You can make a record on a laptop. David Byrne
You Technology People Record Records Allowed Cheap Make Really Laptop
Music has to be sort of ignorable sometimes. David Byrne
Music Sometimes Sort
In retrospect, I can see I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching about. Ha! Like, that sure made sense! David Byrne
People Made Face Stage Sense See Face-To-Face About Like Talk Retrospect Sure Got Screaming Started Twitching
When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do. David Byrne
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Forces that you might think are utterly unrelated to creativity can have a big impact. Technology, obviously, but environment, too. Even financial structures can affect the actual content of a song. The making of music is profoundly affected by the market. David Byrne
Music You Technology Creativity Song Financial Big Think Too Market Impact Structures Unrelated Environment Obviously Forces Content Making Affect Affected Big Impact Might Even Actual Utterly Profoundly
I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while. For some people, anyway. David Byrne
People Some People Think Wears Some Case Guy Had Off Just After Anyway While Younger Mild
Maybe every city has a unique sensibility, but we don't have names for what they are or haven't identified them all. We can't pinpoint exactly what makes each city's people unique yet. David Byrne
People Every City Exactly Exactly What Names Identified Makes Pinpoint Maybe Sensibility Them Unique Each
One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy, but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat, and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune. David Byrne
Life Hardships Made Those Would Easy Cheap Advance Excitement Knew New Make Without Were Up York Heat Move New York Being Fortune Here
Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don't buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when one is young, but it will inevitably wear a person down. David Byrne
Buy Creativity Will Poverty Young Down Believe Folks Wear Some Put Inevitably Up Person Artistic While Breeds Hardship
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. David Byrne
Love Music Freedom Crazy Musicians Creative Genius Wonderful Money Behavior Will Made Seen Pressured Ripped Diva Records Had Make Always Dealt Been Off Get Hits Artists Ignored
Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context. David Byrne
Music You Technology Recording Before Could Context Existed Social Separate
Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living. David Byrne
Living Way Distinct Those Recordings Performing Make Making Itself Different Skill Who Thing
I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don't censor yourself, you end up with what you're most concerned about, but you haven't filtered it through your conscious mind. Then you craft it. David Byrne
You Yourself Mind Filtered Approach About Through Most Concerned End Up Craft Censor Then Use Your Conscious Conscious Mind
Occasionally, I hanker for the time when I sold more records, but I don't sit and drool about it. When I do look at early footage of Talking Heads, I realise I was just a wreck. David Byrne
Time Sit Sold Wreck About More Records Footage Drool Heads Look Occasionally Talking Talking Heads Just Realise Early
I encourage people not to be passive consumers of music and of culture in general. And feeling like, yeah, you can enjoy the products of professionals, but that doesn't mean you don't have to completely give up the reins and give up every connection to music or whatever it happens to be. David Byrne
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