David Byrne quotes

David Byrne is a Scottish-American musician, songwriter, and artist, best known as the frontman of the band Talking Heads. His innovative style blends rock, world music, and avant-garde influences. He continues to inspire with his creative projects across music, film, and other art forms. Here are 121 of his quotes:

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. (David Byrne)
I really enjoy forgetting. When I first come to a place, I notice all the little details. I notice the way the sky looks. The color of white paper. The way people walk. Doorknobs. Everything. Then I get used to the place and I don't notice those things anymore. So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is. View quote
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I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house... love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp. View quote
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It's like 60 Minutes on acid. View quote
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I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. View quote
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Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? View quote
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It's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off. View quote
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I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere. View quote
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Interviewer: If I gave you fifty dollars, right now, what would you do with it? David Byrne: I would get something to eat. View quote
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The better the singer's voice is, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. So I turn my weaknesses into an advantage. View quote
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I don't care how impossible it seems. (David Byrne)
Facts are simple and facts are straight. Facts are lazy and facts are late. Facts all come with points of view. Facts don't do what I want them to. Facts just twist the truth around. Facts are living turned inside out. View quote
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The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know. View quote
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I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two? View quote
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For years we have been taught not to like things. Finally somebody said it was OK to like things. This was a great relief. It was getting hard to go around not liking everything. View quote
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Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter. View quote
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My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food. View quote
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Creative work is more accurately a machine that digs down and finds stuff, emotional stuff that will someday be raw material that can be used to produce more stuff, stuff like itself - clay to be available for future use. View quote
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Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots. View quote
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That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit? View quote
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I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit. (David Byrne)
To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware. View quote
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I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously. View quote
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When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another. View quote
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The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove. View quote
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