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
achieved envious guitar satisfying serves somewhat
Personally, being somewhat envious of Richard's songwriting and guitar playing, it's somewhat satisfying he's not yet achieved household-name status. It serves him right for being so good.
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.
feelings
If I'm feeling that I have an angle or something to say or something where in a way I'm having a conversation with myself, that's immensely pleasurable.
mom community urban
We've gone through the urban renewal cycle in the '60s and '70s that really did a lot of damage to the fabric of urban life - neighborhoods bulldozed and highways pushed through, and all that kind of stuff that really destroyed the kind of social underpinning and the kind of mom and pop stores and all the stuff that makes a community viable.
writing
I love writing. I don't claim to be great at it. Occasionally I get a good sentence off. But I love the activity.
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.
emotional body bass
I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
writing stuff agendas
I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.