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People think it's a betrayal of authenticity if you do something different.
I like to work with artists who are as wide in their musical taste as I am.
I always listen to a lot of different music when I am working on a project.
The bigger the risks, the better off you are. Otherwise you're just boring.
You have to search the absolute demons of your soul to make a great record.
Well, you know, I look at myself in the morning and yes, yeah I-I am a God.
Where is this great love for rock and roll that existed for 50 or 60 years?
Ultimately, running a band is about the relationships you have with people.
In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio.
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.
I'm very proud of it as a Yes record amongst many of the other Yes records.
At times in my life the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage.
Witchcraft scum exploiting the dumb turning children into punks and slaves.
Abe said, where do you want this killing done? God said, out on highway 61.
Why wait any longer for the one you love When he’s standing in front of you
Who am I to stop everybody just to tell my stupid story? It's presumptuous.
I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.
If you have written really well, people will swear that it happened to you.
A dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancing on the end of the line.
Me and crazy Janey were making love in the dirt singing our birthday songs.
I'm always in search of something, in search of losing myself to the music.
I guess the role of art is to make something that is ambiguous and complex.
Just invest in apps. Just download apps and then pay yourself the dividend.
Folk art has never been much about politics; it's about action and utility.
Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.
Marry somebody you love. That's the whole thing. And continue to love them.
Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.
The rule in music land is never doody in the bus and never doody in the RV.
If you don't have a flag sticking out of your ass, you must be a communist.
I can't force myself to do anything I don't wanna do, really. I never have.
We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important.
Take some time and educate your mind, in the long run I'm sure you're fine.
Phoenix was a tougher record, a little more commercially accessible record.
So I went and visited a doctor and he diagnosed me with reactive arthritis.
Find something that makes you want to give and give and give 'til it hurts.
I have been attacked and mistreated for my skin colour since I was a child.
Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.
One of the great things about Taylor Hawkins is his…shirtless body, really.
I think we were trying to get off Combat from the moment we were on Combat.
When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn't live past 30.
That's the one for my tombstone... Here lies David Byrne. Why the big suit?
My career keeps shifting; I keep doing the next thing and it keeps growing.
No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend.
I play keyboards and Pro Tools, if you want to look at it as an instrument.
Spittin' blood, smokin' guitars, fire everywhere - Kiss is where I started.
I really respect Zakk Wylde's guitar playing and his compulsive work ethic.
Being a rocker, to me, is equal to living as much of the truth as possible.
I'm not Cormac McCarthy, but I can get my point across in a thousand words.
We've got clouds and rain, just like in Seattle .. but Sao Paulo is better.
The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion.