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" I have trouble imagining what I could do that's beyond the practicality of what I can do. "
David Byrne
Practicality
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" When things get so absurd and so stupid and so ridiculous that you just can't bear it, you cannot help but turn everything into a joke. "
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" Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce. "
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" With pop music, the format dictates the form to a big degree. Just think of the pop single. It has endured as a form even in the download age because bands conform to a strict format, and work, often very productively, within the parameters. "
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" I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down. "
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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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" My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food. "
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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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" I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don't censor yourself, you end up with what you're most concerned about, but you haven't filtered it through your conscious mind. Then you craft it. "
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" Work aside, we come to New York for the possibility of interaction and inspiration. "
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" From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that stuff. They really did it properly, which New York is getting to little by little. "
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" Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots. "
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" Some artists and indie musicians see Spotify fairly positively - as a way of getting noticed, of getting your music out there where folks can hear it risk-free. "
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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. "
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" We live in ugly times. "
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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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