David Byrne
David Byrne
David Byrneis a Scottish-born American musician who was the founding member, principal songwriter, and lead singer and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads, active between 1975 and 1991...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth14 May 1952
CityDumbarton, Scotland
country land numbers
I've changed my music from time to time so I'm hoping that I can completely change my life from time to time, too. Like live in another land, in another place, and just get completely soaked up in another way of being. Could be in this country or another country, somewhere were you can be reborn a number of times not just creatively, but personally as well. I guess I want to go through life as more than one person.
song world logical
The world isn't logical, it's a song,
secret agents astronaut
I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.
wave bus passengers
I wave to the double-decker buses from my bike, but the passengers never wave back. Why? Am I not an attraction?
girl use bed
It's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off.
dumb details visible
When everything is visible and appears to be dumb, that's when the details take on larger meanings.
party fooling-around talking-heads
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.
minimum reduce risk trying
We can say we're trying to reduce the risk to the minimum but there is no such thing as risk-free,
consumer essential proposals
The proposals are essential for the enhancement of consumer confidence,
love fidgeting common
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.
lonely cycling way
Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way.
remembers-you remember-you people
People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit....
song beats chords
I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes, and a melody, a vocal melody - if it works with that, then I feel it's written and there's something there.
people creative intuition
Deep down, I know I have this intuition or instinct that a lot of creative people have, that their demons are also what make them create.