It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas. – 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
To some extent I happily dont know what Im doing. I feel that its an artists responsibility to trust that. – David Byrne
The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror – not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray. – David Byrne
I love art dealers. In some ways, theyre my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where their taste is, create their own aesthetic universes, support artists, employ people, and do all of this while letting us see art for free. Many are visionaries. – Jerry Saltz
Part of what I loved – and love – about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. Im interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. Im interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. – Jon Meacham