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David Byrne

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I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.


— David Byrne


#artist #came #fine #i #i came

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.


— David Byrne


#hills #i #pictures #rolling #take

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.


— David Byrne


#got #i #people #screaming #stage

I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.


— David Byrne


#any #i #plan #started #stuff

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


— David Byrne


#body #business #combine #dramatic #drums

I don't like begging money from producers.


— David Byrne


#i #like #money #producers

I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car.


— David Byrne


#car #could #i #listen #much

I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.


— David Byrne


#bikes #correct #faster #gets #going

I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.


— David Byrne


#find #hard #i #little #major

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.


— David Byrne


#everything #filling #intentional #just






About David Byrne

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Did you know about David Byrne?

In May 2011 Byrne contributed backing vocals to the Arcade Fire track "Speaking in Tongues" which appeared on the deluxe edition of their 2010 album The Suburbs. Since then Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film photography opera and non-fiction. Some music from this piece was debuted at Adelaide Festival of Arts in Australia in February 2006 and the following year at Carnegie Hall on February 3 2007.

Since then Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film photography opera and non-fiction. He has received Grammy Oscar and Golden Globe awards and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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