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You may say to yourself: Well, how did I get here?

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David Byrne
Age: 119
Born: 1905
Born: May 6
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I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'
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I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.
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One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy‚ but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat‚ and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune.
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I don't believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That's bullshit.
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I have trouble imagining what I could do that's beyond the practicality of what I can do.
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I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same
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I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.
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