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" Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce. "
David Byrne
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" I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary. "
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" Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off? "
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" Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context. "
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" I think sometimes - not always - I write songs that are accessible. "
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" There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There's something that invites all this obsessive behavior. "
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" We live in ugly times. "
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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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" Suburban houses and tin sheds are often the objects of ridicule. "
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" One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy, but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat, and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune. "
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" Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law. "
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" Having unlimited choices can paralyze you creatively. "
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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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" 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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" I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.' "
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" That's the thing about pictures: they seduce you. "
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" I love getting out of my comfort zone. "
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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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" With music, you often don't have to translate it. It just affects you, and you don't know why. "
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