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

Quote by David Byrne

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To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

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.

Architecture theory is very interesting.

Architecture theory is very interesting.

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.

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?

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

I couldn't take pictures of green rolling hills.

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 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.

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...

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...

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

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

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'm guarded; I don't talk much.

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

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

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

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...