Quotes by : David Byrne

You might say that the universe plays the blues.

Any kid will tell you that, yes, their music is both an escape and a survival mechanism, and that sometimes....

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

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but....

The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you.

With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured....

Music written by teams makes the authorship of a piece indistinct. Could it be that when hearing a song....

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

You can know or not know how a car runs and still enjoy riding in a car.

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