Top 141 Quotes by David Byrne

About David Byrne

These are some quotes by Scottish author David Byrne Musician, who was born on May 14, 1952.

The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?

The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?

David Byrne

Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.

Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.

David Byrne

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.

David Byrne

Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there where folks can hear it risk-free.

Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there where folks can hear it risk-free.

David Byrne

Yeah, I like to keep myself interested - I'll kind of throw myself into some area that I don't completely know or understand, that I'm not adept at, so I'm forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There's a good feeling that comes from that.

David Byrne

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

David Byrne

Technology has allowed people to make records really cheap. You can make a record on a laptop.

Technology has allowed people to make records really cheap. You can make a record on a laptop.

David Byrne

I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's not just a random collection of songs. Sometimes the songs have a common thread, even if it's not obvious or even conscious on the artists' part.

David Byrne

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

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

David Byrne

I've never had writer's block.

I've never had writer's block.

David Byrne

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