David Byrne Quotes

Music eats its young and gives birth to a new hybrid creature.

David Byrne

Music eats its young and gives birth to a new hybrid creature.

David Byrne

Tags: creativity, david byrne, music, music history, talking heads

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

David Byrne

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

David Byrne

Tags: marriage, happy, fix, happy marriage

About Author

David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.
Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads.

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

David Byrne

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

David Byrne

Tags: attitude, style, punk, rather

I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car.

David Byrne

I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car.

David Byrne

Tags: car, listen, radio, because

I don't like begging money from producers.

David Byrne

I don't like begging money from producers.

David Byrne

Tags: money

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

David Byrne

You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

David Byrne

Tags: music

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

David Byrne

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

David Byrne

Tags: trust, responsibility, artist, know

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

David Byrne

With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

David Byrne

Tags: music

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

David Byrne

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

David Byrne

Tags: car, listen, radio, never

You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.

David Byrne

You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.

David Byrne

Tags: car, enjoy, know, you

I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.

David Byrne

I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.

David Byrne

Tags: trust, times, read, ny times

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn...

David Byrne

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn...

David Byrne

Tags: car, freedom, eye, walking

I'm 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

I'm 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

Tags: music, start, people

We don't make music - it makes us.

David Byrne

We don't make music - it makes us.

David Byrne

Tags: music

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

David Byrne

The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

David Byrne

Tags: music

People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.

David Byrne

People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.

David Byrne