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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:

Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional. (David Byrne)
I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll. View quote
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I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? View quote
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Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. View quote
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The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray. View quote
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It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music. View quote
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I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car. View quote
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All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label. View quote
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That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you. View quote
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It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix. View quote
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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)
The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. View quote
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Things fall apart, it's scientific. View quote
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I'm just an advertisement for a version of myself. View quote
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On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the goings-on in one's own town. View quote
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I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn. View quote
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I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching. View quote
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I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it. View quote
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I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that. View quote
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I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else. View quote
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I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff. (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. View quote
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I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same. View quote
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I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills. View quote
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Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols. View quote
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Occupation: Scottish Musician
Born: May 14, 1952
Quotes count: 121
Wikipedia: David Byrne

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