Quotes by : David Byrne

Simplicity is a kind of transparency in which subtle nuances can have outsize effects.

It's a bit like sympathetic magic in a way: the usual Western presumption that 'primitive' rituals mimic....

There's a good chance that you might be inspired by ideas that originate outside of yourself.

There's always room for Jell-O

But at times words can be a dangerous addition to music — they can pin it down. Words imply that the....

The mixtapes we made for ourselves were musical mirrors. The sadness, anger, or frustration you might....

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

I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?

I wouldn't be surprised if poetry - poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with....

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