5 Quotes by David Byrne about writing



  • Author David Byrne
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    I try to write about small things. Paper, animals, a house…love is kind of big. I have written a love song, though. In this film, I sing it to a lamp.

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  • Author David Byrne
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    I love writing. I don't claim to be great at it. Occasionally I get a good sentence off. But I love the activity.

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  • Author David Byrne
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    I think it's really hard to make songs that pursue an agenda. You can kind of do it a little bit through a character, so the character gives voice to something or their story, the story of the character tells you something, but, for me anyway, it's really hard to write directly about politics.

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