#de

I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down. ↗

— David Byrne

#cars #commodity #down #i #i do

I've noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it's various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing. ↗

— David Byrne

#between #different #doing #drawing #fear

I've rarely seen video screens used well in a music concert. ↗

— David Byrne

#i #music #rarely #screens #seen

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. ↗

— David Byrne

#companies #demise #gatekeepers #good #good thing

People use irony as a defense mechanism. ↗

— David Byrne

#defense mechanism #irony #mechanism #people #use

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. ↗

— David Byrne

#defined #musical #musical style #punk #rather

Software constraints are only confining if you use them for what they're intended to be used for. ↗

— David Byrne

#constraints #intended #only #software #them

Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols. ↗

— David Byrne

#different #pistols #ramones #really #sex

Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms. ↗

— David Byrne

#bedrooms #cassette #deck #go #home

If for no other reason than the energy crisis now facing this country, the federal government should be eager to become partners with us in rebuilding our city. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#city #country #crisis #eager #energy