David Byrne

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

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

It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more about ideas.

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