I have trouble imagining what I could do that’s beyond the practicality of what I can do. — David Byrne
All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label. — David Byrne
I couldn’t talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching. — David Byrne
I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. — David Byrne
I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought, I wanna see myself as a ken doll. — David Byrne
I subscribe to the myth that an artist’s creativity comes from torment. Once that’s fixed, what do you draw on? — David Byrne
I’ve been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. — David Byrne
It didn’t even occur to me that I’m the last person in the world who should play salsa or brazilian music. — David Byrne