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
Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. – 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
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