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
summertime mind
I'm just wearing regular street clothes. Pretty much all the time. In the summertime, or when it gets warm out, shorts and sandals or something like that. Stuff that I don't mind getting a little sweaty.
european immediate required response
required an immediate response from the European Union.
beef consumers countries ensure exports expose france french higher measures risk
I need clarification of the measures which France intends to put in place to ensure that its beef exports do not expose consumers in other countries to a higher risk than French consumers.
advertise advertising obvious otherwise people
It's obvious that advertising pays, otherwise people wouldn't advertise -- so now we're getting on that bandwagon.
operators technology
The operators are not button-pushers, ... It's a give and take with the performers. In my work, technology is a performer.
dolls wanted
I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a Ken doll.
choices unlimited
Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively.
seducing
That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
producers begging
I don't like begging money from producers.
fun home trying
I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.
dont-trust
I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it
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,
remembers-you remember-you people
People will remember you better if you always wear the same outfit....
technology silence special
Technology has altered the way music sounds, how it’s composed and how we experience it. It has also flooded the world with music. The world is awash with (mostly) recorded sounds. We used to have to pay for music or make it ourselves; playing, hearing and experiencing it was exceptional, a rare and special experience. Now hearing it is ubiquitous, and silence is the rarity that we pay for and savor.