I didn't have any agenda or plan when I started writing stuff.

Quote by David Byrne

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Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started...

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started...

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.

Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots.

Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different...

Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different...

That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.

That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who...

It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who...

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

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

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

I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed,...

I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed,...

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

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

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

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

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but...

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but...

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

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

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where...

I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where...

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style.

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

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

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could...

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could...