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

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

Architecture theory is very interesting.

Architecture theory is very interesting.

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an...

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an...

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...

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...

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?

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

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...

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

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.

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.

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.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.

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.

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...

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

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