Quotes from David Byrne

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.

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.

Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situations.Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.They've enlisted all their family.They've enlisted all their friends.It helped save their relationship,And made it work again.

This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no fooling around.

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

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

Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?

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

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

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

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

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

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

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't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking.

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

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

If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It's really only to be heard when everyone's out enjoying it.

The band in heaven, they play my favorite songPlay it once againPlay it all night long

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

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert.

I don't like begging money from producers.

Architecture theory is very interesting.

I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shackAnd you may find yourself in another part of the worldAnd you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobileAnd you may find yourself in a beautiful house… with a beautiful wifeAnd you may ask yourself, "Well… how did I get here?"