Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? – 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
Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community. – 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
Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror. – David Herbert Lawrence