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David Byrne

film producer, composer, actor, singer, screenwriter, musician, writer, guitarist, songwriter, music journalist, record producer, film score composer, film actor, blogger, singer-songwriter, film director, printmaker, photographer, director

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1952

David Byrne is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the new wave band Talking Heads.

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Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

David Byrne

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

David Byrne

I wouldn't be surprised if poetry - poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs - is how the world works. The world isn't logical; it's a song.

David Byrne

I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe--but just as irrational as sympathetic magic when looked at in a typically scientific way. I wouldn't be surprised if poetry--poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs--is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song.

David Byrne

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

David Byrne

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

David Byrne

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

David Byrne

It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't 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

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.

David Byrne