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

Quote by David Byrne

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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.

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'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 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...

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 couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

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 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.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing...

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing...

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 never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

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

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,...

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...

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing...

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing...

Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional.

Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional.

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...

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

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

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 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...