To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.
David ByrneOften I don't know what the song means until it's finished. Sometimes months later. I don't think that's bad. It implies that I don't know what I'm doing but-I think if you're able to follow your instincts, then that's knowing what you're doing.
David ByrneI like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass.
David ByrneThe idea of making music from an imaginary culture was to give ourselves a set of restrictions and parameters within which to work. Otherwise, we might have just gone on all kinds of creative detours, some of which might have been interesting. But better we confine ourselves to something.
David Byrne