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" We don't make music - it makes us. "
David Byrne
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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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" Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could take out some of the songs that we felt weren't as strong as some of the others, so you look better. "
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" Yeah, I like to keep myself interested - I'll kind of throw myself into some area that I don't completely know or understand, that I'm not adept at, so I'm forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There's a good feeling that comes from that. "
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" Most of our lives aren't that exciting, but the drama is still going on in the small details. "
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" I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it. "
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" Yeah, anybody can go in with two turntables and a microphone or a home studio sampler and a little cassette deck or whatever and make records in their bedrooms. "
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