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I love being able to perform in front of people. I like potentially making a difference in somebody's day or somebody's life. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#being #day #difference #front #i

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that. ↗

— David Byrne

#doing #extent #feel #happily #i

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? ↗

— David Byrne

#edges #like #lobotomy #off #shaved

Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community. ↗

— David Byrne

#artists #business #business community #coming #community

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 subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? ↗

— David Byrne

#comes #creativity #draw #fixed #i

I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place. ↗

— Zhang Ziyi

#badly #came #course #escape #give

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else. ↗

— David Byrne

#else #i #my own #never #own

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. ↗

— David Byrne

#devote #friends #fun #hanging #home

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