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I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.

~David Byrne

Topics: Bass Body Business Combine Dramatic Drums Emotional Groove Like Strings Warmth

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I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.

~David Byrne

Topics: Ny Ny Times Read Times Trust

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I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else.

~David Byrne

Topics: Clothes Else My Own Never Own Pretend Someone Try Wear

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I'm afraid that everything will get homogenized and be the same.

~David Byrne

Topics: Afraid Everything Get Same Will

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I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary.

~David Byrne

Topics: Afraid Anyone Become Fit Place Reason Triumph Unnecessary Where Who Will World

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I'm guarded; I don't talk much.

~David Byrne

Topics: Guarded Much Talk

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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

Topics: Brazilian Even Last Me Music Occur Person Play Should Who World

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People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

~David Byrne

Topics: Afar Also America Does Emulate Hate Latin Latin America Lot Love People Some Them Things Ways

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Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols.

~David Byrne

Topics: Blondie Different Pistols Ramones Really Sex Sex Pistols Television Than Us

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That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?

~David Byrne

Topics: Big David Here Lies Suit Tombstone Why

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: May 14th, 1952

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