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" I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. "
David Byrne
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" I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes. "
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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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" Do creative, social, and civic attitudes change depending on where we live? Yes, I think so. "
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