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Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.

~David Byrne

Topics: Always Bands Crap Decide Given Going Guitar Just Law Many Music Ninety Ninety Percent People Percent Them Then Too Too Many People

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Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms.

~David Byrne

Topics: Anybody Bedrooms Cassette Deck Go Home Little Make Microphone Records Studio Two Whatever Yeah

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The making of music is profoundly affected by the market.

~David Byrne

Topics: Affected Making Market Music Profoundly

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Well, Marx is having a comeback. I hear him mentioned a lot in terms of the global financial situation and the general sense of injustice out there. A lot of economic experts in America refer to him without actually using the M word, but he's around.

~David Byrne

Topics: Actually America Around Comeback Economic Experts Financial General Global Having He Hear Him Injustice Lot Marx Mentioned Out Refer Sense Situation Terms Using Well Without Word

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One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.

~David Byrne

Topics: Allowed Audiences Benefits Clubs Fail Few Playing Small Years You

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Physical contact is a human necessity.

~David Byrne

Topics: Contact Human Necessity Physical

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From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really did it properly, which New York is getting to little by little.

~David Byrne

Topics: As Far As Bike Bit Did Far Getting Heard Little Little Bit Making More New New York Paris Prep Properly Really Stuff Which Work York

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Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.

~David Byrne

Topics: Cynical Days Hard Pretty Yeah

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I think I had a mild case of Asperger's as a younger guy, but that typically just wears off after a while.

~David Byrne

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I have trouble imagining what I could do that's beyond the practicality of what I can do.

~David Byrne

Topics: Beyond Could Imagining Practicality Trouble I Can

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Musician

Born: May 14th, 1952

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