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David Byrne Quotes

Scottish - Musician | May 14, 1952 -

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?

Why Big Suit Here Lies Tombstone

The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.

Band Only Groove Scene Were Heads

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

Responsibility Trust Doing Artist

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.

Music People Start Think Down Made

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

Good Music World Most Large Part

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.

Life Music People Think Finding You

I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.

Good People Think Over Going Switch

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

Business Body Emotional Seem Warmth

I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's not just a random collection of songs. Sometimes the songs have a common thread, even if it's not obvious or even conscious on the artists' part.

Myself Together Random Sometimes Why

Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you're going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there's a kind of bundle.

Time Together Effort Song Financial

I've never had writer's block.

Never Writer Block Had

We tend to mistake music for the physical object.

Music Mistake Physical Object Tend

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