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

Quote by David Byrne

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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...

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 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.

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.

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,...

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

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 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.

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 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 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,...

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

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

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.

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 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.

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 never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

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

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

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

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

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