417 Quotes by David Byrne

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    Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you're working on.

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    Music was an experience, intimately married to your life. You could pay to hear music, but after you did, it was over, gone - a memory.

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    Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

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    The more you know, the more you know you don't know and the more you know that you don't know.

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    You create a community with music, not just at concerts but by talking about it with your friends.

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    I've changed my music from time to time so I'm hoping that I can completely change my life from time to time, too. Like live in another land, in another place, and just get completely soaked up in another way of being. Could be in this country or another country, somewhere were you can be reborn a number of times not just creatively, but personally as well. I guess I want to go through life as more than one person.

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    One of the benefits of playing to small audiences in small clubs for a few years is that you're allowed to fail.

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