Quote by David Byrne
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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

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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

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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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I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. – David Byrne

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