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David Byrne Quotes

Performing is a thing in itself, a distinct skill, different from making recordings. And for those who can do it, it's a way to make a living.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: May 14, 1952

Topics

Skill Living Way Different Make Who

I was born in Washington, D.C., where my father was working for the Federal Trade Commission, and my mom was editor for the National Council of Catholic Women, but my parents were simply awaiting my birth before moving back to their roots in Rhode Island to raise their family.

Family Father Women Parents Mom

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.

Me World Night Anxiety Down Before

I have two children myself. I always laugh; they have you playing mothers pretty early, us women. You look at the television, the mothers get younger and younger, and the children get older and older, and you start to wonder when these people had these children. Were they breeding when they were 12?

Women Children Myself People Start

I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself.

Myself Deer Hunter Cut

I love Monet X Change.

Love Change I Love

There are no French Puritans.

French Puritans

I believe that the death penalty is an effective penalty.

Death Believe Death Penalty I Believe

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

Great Vanity Important Now Movies

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.

Blues Miserable Like Singers

We all know that an angry electorate is a voting electorate.

Angry Voting Know Electorate

When the surf is really good, it's hard for me to concentrate on work. So I really have to watch when and where I surf - I won't get anything done if I get the fever. Then it's like I come into work and I'm wet and waterlogged and ready for lunch.

Work Good Me Lunch Ready Done

Sharks don't particularly have a great interest in divers. It seemed that in a normal dive, I would jump in the water, and one or two gray reef sharks would swim in and kind of check me out - and then they would keep their distance. So they weren't particularly threatening or anything to be afraid of.

Great Water Me Sharks Distance Jump

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