Quote by David Byrne
Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many peop

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

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Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms. – David Byrne

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Its a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesnt support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, Well, yeah, but you start to think, Why not, though? What makes one more valuable than another? – David Byrne

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It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas. – David Byrne

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I dont listen to a lot of new stuff. I just like the old stuff. Its all quite dramatic and atmospheric. Youd have an entire story in song. I never listen to, like, white music – I couldnt sing you a Zeppelin or Floyd song. – Amy Winehouse

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The real art of conducting consists in transitions. – Gustav Mahler

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Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something – it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that. – Nick Rhodes

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