Quote

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

David Byrne

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

David Byrne
Age: 119
Born: 1905
Born: May 6
Actor
Artist
Blogger
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Film Score Composer
Guitarist
Music Journalist
Musician
Photographer
Bass
Warmth
Strings
Dramatic
Emotional
Grooves
Business
Groove
Body
Drums
Like
Combine

More quotes by David Byrne

Image
Physical contact is a human necessity.
David Byrne
Image
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.
David Byrne
Image
As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable.
David Byrne
Image
A lot of that worked itself out in the recording.
David Byrne
Image
I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same
David Byrne
Image
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
Image
You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.
David Byrne
Image
Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.
David Byrne
Image
I love getting out of my comfort zone.
David Byrne
Image
People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper.
David Byrne
Image
It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.
David Byrne
Image
People are renovating places and opening ambitious new venues. That's one thing that music does. It gets people out of their houses, and gets them hanging out together.
David Byrne
Image
I think sometimes I get carried away, like I'm speaking to an imaginary audience rather than just trying to figure something out for myself. Ideally, I try to balance that - that I'm asking these questions of myself, how does this work, why does this happen, what's going on here.
David Byrne
Image
Often I don't know what the song means until it's finished. Sometimes months later. I don't think that's bad. It implies that I don't know what I'm doing but-I think if you're able to follow your instincts, then that's knowing what you're doing.
David Byrne
Image
There's more good music being made now than ever before.
David Byrne
Image
I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.
David Byrne
Image
People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.
David Byrne
Image
I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it
David Byrne
Image
It's like 60 Minutes on acid.
David Byrne
Image
I don't care how impossible it seems.
David Byrne