David Byrne

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

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

I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don't censor yourself, you end up with what you're most concerned about, but you haven't filtered it through your conscious mind. Then you craft it.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.