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On a bike, being just slightly above pedestrian and car eye level, one gets a perfect view of the goings-on in one's own town.

~David Byrne

Topics: Above Being Bike Car Eye Gets Just Level Own Pedestrian Perfect Slightly Town View

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The city is a body and a mind - a physical structure as well as a repository of ideas and information.

~David Byrne

Topics: Body City Ideas Information Mind Physical Structure Well

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

~David Byrne

Topics: Artist Creativity Draw Fixed Myth Once Subscribe Torment You

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I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that.

~David Byrne

Topics: Beautiful Been Camera Landscapes Learned Out Picture Resist Take Tempted Where Whip

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It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

~David Byrne

Topics: Always Been Fix Guess Happy Happy Marriage Marriage Quick Wanted

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When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke.

~David Byrne

Topics: Absurd Bear Cannot Everything Get Help Joke Just Ridiculous Stupid Things Turn You

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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

Topics: Adept Afloat Area Feeling Forced Good Good Feeling Interested Keep Kind Know Like Myself Order Some Stay Swim Throw Understand Yeah

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With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why.

~David Byrne

Topics: Affects Just Know Music Often Translate Why You

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People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper.

~David Byrne

Topics: About Friends Hear Magazine Newspaper People Stuff

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

~David Byrne

Topics: Anything Artists Business Business Community Coming Community Suspicious

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: May 14th, 1952

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