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The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.

~David Byrne

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When we started, a lot of bands sounded really different from one another.

~David Byrne

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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

~David Byrne

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The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

~David Byrne

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People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that's pretty much all you can ask.

~David Byrne

Topics: Ask Finding Front Guess Life Make Much Music People Play Pretty Think Ways You I Think

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I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.

~David Byrne

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I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster.

~David Byrne

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

~David Byrne

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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

Topics: Albums Answer Artists Asking Been Came Collection Common Conscious Even Just Myself Obvious Part Put Random Sometimes Songs Things Thread Together Up Viable Well Why I Came Cds

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Probably the reason it's a little hard to break away from the album format completely is, if you're getting a band together in the studio, it makes financial sense to do more than one song at a time. And it makes more sense, if you're going to all the effort of performing and doing whatever else, if there's a kind of bundle.

~David Byrne

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: May 14th, 1952

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