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

Quote by David Byrne

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

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

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

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

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 knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought,...

I knew I wanted to have a doll of myself on the cover. I thought,...

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

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

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 never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

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

I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.

I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.

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.

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and...

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and...

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...

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

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...

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

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

I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and...

I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and...

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.

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...

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

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

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