David Byrne
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES LL COOL J CHRISTOPHER MCCULLOCH STEPHEN R. COVEY EMINEM SAM HUNT SAM SHEPARD HUNTER HAYES I'm an electronic guy, I'm a freak for electronic music but real instruments, the dynamic ra... ARMIN VAN BUUREN LAURA MVULA I will keep playing as long as my body lets me, and as long as I'm wanted by my listeners. Becau... RAVI SHANKAR I worked as an artist, played in a band, met Andy Warhol, Christo, Lou Reed, and David Byrne. I had ... MARY LOU JEPSEN EDGAR WRIGHT I'm not saying I'm the only Jewish person who cares about Palestinian people, but unfortunat... JULIAN SCHNABEL There's a certain kind of idealism attached to 'Tusk' as a subtext to the music, and I t... LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM I don't think I could ever describe myself as unlucky because people would look at me, playing f... JERMAIN DEFOE I think the American industry has stopped considering (small cars) as commodity vehicles, ROBERT LUTZ LEONARDO DICAPRIO LINDA RONSTADT I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When... RAFAEL VINOLY ALAN RICKMAN I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think... FAITH EVANS I think, honestly, that a lot of people think I'm sad and dark all the time, because of the musi... SKYLAR GREY If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if fo... LANGHORNE SLIM Lauryn Hill might have cursed a couple of times in her music, and Missy Elliot definitely just doesn... LIL MAMA I think people are 'just creative,' and this can be expressed in a number of ways. Bob Dylan... RONNIE WOOD JOHN COLTRANE DOLLY PARTON ASAP ROCKY I do the same gig. I might change it a little; I might slow it down if I'm in the South. I talk ... LEWIS BLACK SUZANNE LEE A. S. BYATT I can dance - I can dance a little bit. I can move. I don't - I'm not a - I don't procla... ELIJAH KELLEY When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next,... DICK DALE EDDIE VAN HALEN Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this w... ELLIOT PERLMAN I love plays that have musical moments. I'm not a big fan of musicals per se, but I love straigh... ADAM RAPP Often when discussions of teacher salaries are going on, people are comparing themselves to the nati... MATT MOORE I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peace... CHRIS ISAAK Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON ERIC SCHLOSSER EDWARD WHITACRE, JR. TEDDY THOMPSON RICHARD PRICE I'm not a DJ - I don't know how to scratch or mix records, but I know how to party, and I kn... AMBER ROSE I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country... KACEY MUSGRAVES PSY IGGY POP I think people should be able to have at their behest, like, four hours of music, entertainment, vis... JON ANDERSON DAVE GROHL MAGGIE STIEFVATER GAIL CARSON LEVINE GREGORY MAGUIRE JAMAICA KINCAID LIAM GALLAGHER A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people&#... RACHEL MINER I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself. MEHMET OZ AMBER HEARD STEVE-O I'm not a people person. I'm not sociable. I have been and I can be, but not as a general ru... JOHN SIMM BOB SEGER When I'm playing with the band or playing with some projects or some of my own stuff it's ab... ERIC SAN Jazz should be recognized as music of the people, based in a lot of accents and melodies. What is ja... AL JARREAU I'm a weird dichotomy of nerd, sports fan, and musical theater, so I'd love to do a superher... TARAN KILLAM SUZY KASSEM BILL AYERS The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing ac... BRENDAN I. KOERNER My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only pla... JULIANA HATFIELD A. R. RAHMAN GEORGE HARRISON I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and ex... LEE DEWYZE I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, an... SAM WORTHINGTON I'm not angry, I'm not an angry person, but I do sometimes like playing with the perception ... CALVIN HARRIS SHARON GLESS JIM CRAMER I'm a very visually motivated person. Music is always going to be the thing I'm most motivat... ELIZA DOOLITTLE I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised ... DANNY ELFMAN SIA PENN JILLETTE I've... used a very conservative approach. You only hear my own voice, a slight choral accompaniment... YUSUF ISLAM JAMIE ZAWINSKI HELEN FIELDING STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL MARY LAMBERT I just always dreamed of racing cars, but I didn't think I could do it as a living. KURT BUSCH GARY VAYNERCHUK I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an in... C. C. H. POUNDER RUSSELL CROWE I'm really at ease in being me and going all around the world playing music. But I do get a lift... MACEO PARKER I like to think that if it hadn't gone as well as it has, if I wasn't able to make a living ... BRUCE COCKBURN I'm not a big equipment guy; I think that people are a little bit shocked by that. I really don&... DAVE SITEK Sometimes people come to my shows and think I'm a Christian artist, and they put their hands up ... JENNY LEWIS I wrote a post about wanting to buy a banjo - a $300 banjo, which is a lot of money, and I don't... MENA GRABOWSKI TROTT FLEA TESS GERRITSEN I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, you... PRINCE ROYCE I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal... NEKO CASE CHARLIE HUNNAM Look, I'm 40, I'm single, and I work in musical theater - you do the math! NATHAN LANE ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG
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I accidentally saw David Byrne's last two songs in Prospect Park at a free concert because I cam... 
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I do say things that I think will shock people. But I don't do things to shock people. I'm n... 
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Whenever I'm writing a script, I'm scoring myself by playing the right kind of music. 
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I listen mostly to live music, and mostly my musical experience was playing music with other people. 
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To the U.S. and the world, I'm just known as some funny song and some funny music, some funny vi... 
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