To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware. – David Byrne
To some extent I happily dont know what Im doing. I feel that its an artists responsibility to trust that. – David Byrne
I read the NY Times but I dont trust all of it. – David Byrne
Ive rarely kept my distance from kind of – I dont know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing. – David Byrne
With music, you often dont have to translate it. It just affects you, and you dont know why. – David Byrne
It didnt even occur to me that Im the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music. – David Byrne
We dont make music – it makes us. – David Byrne
People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think thats pretty much all you can ask. – David Byrne
Im not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down. – David Byrne
Ive rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert. – David Byrne
Theres more good music being made now than ever before. – David Byrne
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the worlds popular music is a good thing, for the most part. – David Byrne
So theres no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesnt necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesnt necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame. – David Byrne
Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide theyre going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. Its just a given law. – David Byrne
Theres something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. Theres something that invites all this obsessive behavior. – David Byrne
I dont like begging money from producers. – David Byrne
Its not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix. – David Byrne
Sometimes its 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 try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but its a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff. – David Byrne
If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. Its really only to be heard when everyones out enjoying it. – David Byrne
