3 December 2020 David Byrne People are already finding ways to make their music and play it in front of people and have a life in music, I guess, and I think that’s pretty much all you can ask.
3 December 2020 David Byrne I’m not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.
3 December 2020 David Byrne I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it’s a lot more fun hanging out with musicians and friends, and trying subtly to influence a band than making your own stuff.
3 December 2020 David Byrne With music, you often don’t have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don’t know why.
3 December 2020 David Byrne The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world’s popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
3 December 2020 David Byrne I like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
3 December 2020 David Byrne I don’t listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don’t have a car.
3 December 2020 David Byrne It didn’t even occur to me that I’m the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music.
3 December 2020 David Byrne To some extent I happily don’t know what I’m doing. I feel that it’s an artist’s responsibility to trust that.
3 December 2020 David Byrne Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past?
3 December 2020 David Byrne Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
3 December 2020 David Byrne If anything, a lot of electronic music is music that no one listens to at home, hardly. It’s really only to be heard when everyone’s out enjoying it.
3 December 2020 David Byrne I’ve noticed a lot of younger artists have less fear of doing different sorts of things, whether it’s various types of music, or gallery artists moving between video and sculpture and drawing.
3 December 2020 David Byrne Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.
3 December 2020 David Byrne I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
3 December 2020 David Byrne So there’s no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn’t necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn’t necessarily happen. Which is kind of a shame.
3 December 2020 David Byrne My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
