I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that.
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.
David Byrne

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.
David Byrne

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
David Byrne

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.
David Byrne

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

Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.
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.
David Byrne

Television sounded really different than the Ramones sounded really different than us sounded really different than Blondie sounded really different than the Sex Pistols.
David Byrne

That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
David Byrne

That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you.
David Byrne

The Heads were the only band on that scene that had a groove.
David Byrne

The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray.
David Byrne

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.
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.
David Byrne

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