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" Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context. "
David Byrne
You
Before
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" Occasionally, I hanker for the time when I sold more records, but I don't sit and drool about it. When I do look at early footage of Talking Heads, I realise I was just a wreck. "
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" I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's not just a random collection of songs. Sometimes the songs have a common thread, even if it's not obvious or even conscious on the artists' part. "
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" I don't think people are going to switch over to bikes because it's good for them or because it's politically correct. They're going to do it because it gets them from A to B faster. "
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" 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. "
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" I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously. "
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" 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. "
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" As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable. "
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" Suburban houses and tin sheds are often the objects of ridicule. "
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" I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition. "
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" I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election. "
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" It didn't even occur to me that I'm the last person in the world who should play salsa or Brazilian music. "
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Defense
People
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" Domination and monopoly is the name of the game in the web marketplace. "
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